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Is it standard for there to be a follow-up bolt inspection some time after the initial assembly? This was a one-time gig for us, as we were welders by trade and
by dmkolobov 5y ago
Is it standard for there to be a follow-up bolt inspection some time after the initial assembly? This was a one-time gig for us, as we were welders by trade and boss-man got the contract from a family friend, so I'm not familiar with inspection standards.
For what it's worth, we tightened all the bolts down according to the procedure, despite pressure from boss-man to do otherwise for a few of them.
- hinkley 5y agoI haven't wrenched professionally for anything bigger than a bicycle, and in that case one of the most expensive components (labor and parts) can be damaged immediately by too much torque or over time by not enough, so you did not want to do that without a torque wrench. Or at least not until you had muscle memory for what 'enough' felt like. On bikes, car repair and a few other items, mine and others, I've seen sheared off bolts. In at least two of those I was involved with the tightening prior to failure, and the lightbulb moment where we figured out why the sequence of events made sense.