Skipped the torque wrench and used the German spec approach on a 737 flap track last month

Tyler Garcia · 2026-09-30T18:30:02.383709+00:00

We had a flap track bolt on a 737 in Wichita that calls for 240 inch pounds and I grabbed the torque wrench while my lead just snugged it down with a ratchet and sent it. Two weeks later the plane came back for a different write up and that same bolt had backed off about a quarter turn, so I torqued it again right in front of him and he just shrugged. Am I the weird one for thinking the spec sheet exists for a reason, or do most of you guys actually torque stuff that says torque?

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