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I finally had a torque wrench fail on me mid-job and it was a nightmare
I was in the hangar at PDX last Tuesday working on a flap track on a 737 when my torque wrench just went limp. Like I'm putting normal pressure on it and it clicks way too early, no resistance at all. I pulled it off and checked the calibration tag and it was 8 months overdue for service, totally my fault for not checking. So now I've got a half-tightened bolt and no idea if the other fasteners are torqued right from earlier that day. Ended up having to re-torque every single bolt on that track with a borrowed wrench from the next bay over, which added an extra 2 hours to the job and put me way behind. Has anyone else had a tool crap out at the worst possible time like that?
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