Tool name for wire-locking wheel nuts (B737)
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From: Here 'n' there!
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Dixi, they do those too, two different lengths included, see
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AIRCRAFT-...wAAOSwh9FZ1LAd
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AIRCRAFT-...wAAOSwh9FZ1LAd
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That’s what my licence gave me certified fingers.
fourteenbore, most tooling is simply the same as one would use on a car, true there are specialised tools, but that is the same car wise. Professionals tend to buy better quality tools as they need them to last, better spend £20 on a spanner that’s will last a lifetime than 10 that won’t at £10.
certified fingers.fourteenbore, most tooling is simply the same as one would use on a car, true there are specialised tools, but that is the same car wise. Professionals tend to buy better quality tools as they need them to last, better spend £20 on a spanner that’s will last a lifetime than 10 that won’t at £10.
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I now deligate wire locking to those under the age of 45 who can actually see what they're doing...in the dark...rain fogging up the glasses that keep falling off, and who's fingers have not evolved into Cumberland sausages.
Righty tighty...Lefty loosy.
Righty tighty...Lefty loosy.
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From: Where I always have been...firmly in the real world
Aaaaaaaaaaaaagh !!!!!!!!!!.....that term !!!!!......
...what about on oxygen couplings then...hah ! anyway, in my working life, I actually met not one but two people who would count the twists per inch and the length of the rats tail.....both were un related to each other as far as I know. 
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Shortly after I started racing I picked up lock-wire plyers at a local discount tool store (there were safety rules that dictated that certain parts - such as some brake components - needed to be lock wired or cotter keyed). They weren't exactly cheap, but still a small fraction of what Snap On would have cost. They worked just fine, and the first few times I used them in the pits some of the other drivers looked on in amazement - never having seen such a tool. As a result they were often loaned out, but amazingly I always got them back and in fact still have them.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaagh !!!!!!!!!!.....that term !!!!!.........what about on oxygen couplings then...hah ! anyway, in my working life, I actually met not one but two people who would count the twists per inch and the length of the rats tail.....both were un related to each other as far as I know.
...what about on oxygen couplings then...hah ! anyway, in my working life, I actually met not one but two people who would count the twists per inch and the length of the rats tail.....both were un related to each other as far as I know.As for twists per inch, I am that man and I claim my prize.
But we digress....
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From: Near the Mountains of Sussex
Safe-T-cable = Brilliant ! especially doing boroscope plugs on a CF6 or a V2500 downside of them was expense ( often in BA at LGW they were nil stock on the wire or the thimbles )
Most intricate wirelocking I remember was on the coal burners ( JT9 s) the throttle cable adjusters and the myriad bleed valves buried under the diaphragm ( seemed to be at least one for every day in the month ! )
Most intricate wirelocking I remember was on the coal burners ( JT9 s) the throttle cable adjusters and the myriad bleed valves buried under the diaphragm ( seemed to be at least one for every day in the month ! )
