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• Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Generalp. 7-49
  Chapter 7: Aircraft Materials, Hardware, & Processes › Aircraft Metals › Torque Wrenches

  ratchet types. [Figure 7-33] When using the flexible beam and the rigid frame torque wrenches, the torque value is read visually on a dial or scale mounted on the handle of the wrench. To use the ratchet type, unlock ... bolt in a clockwise direction with a smooth, steady motion. (A fast or jerky motion results in an improperly torqued unit.) When the applied torque reaches the torque value indicated on the handle setting, the handle automatically releases or “breaks…

• 14 CFR Part 43 — Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Rebuilding, and AlterationOpen
  14 CFR Part 43, Appendix D to Part 43—Scope and Detail of Items (as Applicable to the Particular Aircraft) To Be Included in Annual and 100-Hour Inspections

  following components of the propeller group: (1) Propeller assembly—for cracks, nicks, binds, and oil leakage. (2) Bolts—for improper torquing and lack of safetying. (3) Anti-icing devices—for improper operations and obvious defects. (4) Control mechanisms—for improper…

• Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Generalp. 7-36
  Chapter 7: Aircraft Materials, Hardware, & Processes › Aircraft Metals › Aircraft Hardware

  Aircraft Hardware Aircraft hardware is the term used to describe the various types of fasteners and miscellaneous small items used in the manufacture and repair of aircraft. The importance of aircraft hardware is often overlooked because of its small size ... however, the safe and efficient operation of any aircraft is greatly dependent upon the correct selection and use of aircraft hardware. An aircraft, even though made of the best materials and strongest parts, would be of doubtful value unless those…

• Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Generalp. 7-51
  Chapter 7: Aircraft Materials, Hardware, & Processes › Aircraft Metals › Standards and Specifications

  fittings to various parts of the aircraft, and for fastening innumerable bracing members and other parts together. The rivet creates a bond that is at least as strong as the material being joined. Two of the major types of rivets ... used in aircraft are the common solid shank type, which must be driven using a bucking bar, and the special (blind) rivets, which may be installed where it is impossible to use a bucking bar. Aircraft rivets are not hardware…