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c/aircraft-mechanicsthe_sandrathe_sandra5d agoProlific Poster

A 20-year guy told me torque wrenches are overrated and it got me thinking

Ngl, I was at a shop in Denver last Friday and this old timer said he never uses a torque wrench on spark plugs. He just goes by feel after 30 years of turning wrenches. I argued back but then he showed me his logbook and he hasn't had a single plug blow out or strip since 1999. I still use mine but it kinda hit me different. Has anyone else here gone totally by feel on certain bolts and had it work out?
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miabennett
No freaking way he's kept a logbook since 1999 that's wild dedication lol.
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lane.joel
lane.joel5d ago
That kind of crazy attention to detail is how legends are made.
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