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Bolts are most likely tightened with a torque wrench or a gun that is set to a torque spec. Over tightening a bolt is as bad as a loose bolt. I speculate these
by garyfirestorm 3y ago
Bolts are most likely tightened with a torque wrench or a gun that is set to a torque spec. Over tightening a bolt is as bad as a loose bolt.
I speculate these passed QA from Boeing because they might have been correctly torqued to the spec. What happens in field is hard to understand. One possibility is vicinity to the engine can cause extreme vibrations, these can make them loose.
Other possibility is the maintenance side of things - maybe a badly calibrated torque wrench could be the reason.
Mechanical systems are not inherently immutable.
- FredFS456 3y agoI would expect lock wire or some other method of ensuring the bolt does not un-torque itself. Especially for bolts that are not required to be removed past final assembly...
- kevin_thibedeau 3y agoWhen it's happening on a two month old plane it's a production problem.