I used to swear by impact guns for everything... until I snapped a bolt on a 737 flap track

Went all in on my Milwaukee M18 for removing flap track bolts last month, and snapped one clean off at the root. A senior mechanic showed me how much better a breaker bar is for feeling the torque before it grabs, especially on high-cycle airframes. Has anyone else had better luck just going manual for critical structural hardware?

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maxb4612d ago

Snapped one on a rusty lawnmower bolt last week, so definitely feel your pain on that one.

barbarahill12d ago

Oh man, that's rough. Nothing worse than snapping a bolt and then having to deal with the broken piece stuck in there, right? Hope you were able to get it out without too much more trouble.