Aviation Mechanic - General, Airframe, and Powerplant › I. General › Task E. Aircraft Materials, Hardware, and Processes

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Install safety wire on nuts, bolts, and turnbuckles.

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Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - General p. 7-80
Chapter 7: Aircraft Materials, Hardware, & Processes › Turnbuckles › General Safety Wiring Rules
General Safety Wiring Rules When using the safety wire method of safetying…
Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - General p. 7-75
Chapter 7: Aircraft Materials, Hardware, & Processes › Push-Pull Tube Linkage › Safetying Methods
customarily installed with the head up so that if the cotter pin fails or works out, the pin remains in place. Cotter Pins The AN380 cadmium-plated, low-carbon steel cotter pin is used for safetying bolts, screws, nuts, other ... deliberately removed with a drift punch or pin punch. Figure 7-70. Typical turnbuckle assembly. Figure 7-71. Push-pull tube assembly. Figure 7-72. Safety wiring methods. Figure 7-73. Safety wiring attachment for plug connectors. Figure…
Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Airframe p. 2-53
Chapter 2: Aerodynamics, Aircraft Assembly, & Rigging › Rigging Checks › Checking & Safetying the System
studs, cable turnbuckles, flight controls, and engine accessory attaching bolts. A single-wire method is used on smaller screws, bolts, and/or nuts when they are located in a closely spaced or closed geometrical pattern. The single-wire method is also ... Safety-of-flight emergency equipment, such as portable fire extinguishers, oxygen regulators, emergency valves, firewall shut-offs, and seals on first-aid kits, are safetied using a single copper wire (.020-inch diameter) or aluminum wire (.031-inch diameter…