Just realized something about torque wrenches while working on a Cessna 172 in Spokane

I was calibrating one that was 5 ft-lbs off, and it clicked that I'd been trusting my old one for years without a second thought. How often do you guys send your torque wrenches out for calibration?

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3 Comments

kai9422mo ago

Scary how easy it is to trust them...

david_hayes2mo agoMost Upvoted

Remember that time you trusted a fart you shouldn't have?

adams.henry1mo ago

Feel that deep in my soul, man. Made that exact mistake on a crowded bus once and had to just sit there, pretending nothing happened. The worst part is you always think you're safe right up until the very second you're not. It's a brutal lesson in bodily betrayal that everyone learns the hard way.