Old guy at the hangar in Tulsa said always torque by hand first, and my second AP said that's a waste of time

Derek Garcia · 2026-10-01T04:15:03.52129+00:00

Did a fuel pump swap last month and skipped hand torquing like the second guy said, and two of the four bolts backed out on a test run. So which is it, is hand torquing a real step or just old school habit?

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