Originally Posted by
Uplinker
A genuine question from an Airbus pilot: Don’t Airbus provide comprehensive instructions?
And special tooling if required?
I am assuming this aircraft is in normal airline service, and therefore subject to approved maintenance; or is it a museum exhibit or something?
I would also be interested in what the manual has to say, point taken on special tooling so my "cone" suggestion is probably out. Hate to think what a sheet of thin plastic would cost as an AirBus tool
In an ideal world the instructions would be comprehensive and easily followed exactly matching the actual parts.
Where "reality" creeps in is that the the instructions need to assume a certain level of skill/knowledge, as an extreme example they will not cover how to use a torque wrench every time a torque spec is listed.
They also are subject mistakes and omissions, especially in areas that are infrequently used hence not often field verified.
In the OP question it is possible the instructions simply state "install O ring on shaft" with no further hints.