Jet Tech: Lockwire

If you want to know how to install lockwire, this video reveals the details and tricks. You will know how to use the tools, and be able to do it with no special tools at all. Race car, race bike, airplane, jet, rocket, or road warrior ... whatever you’re working on, this is how to lockwire the fasteners. Be sure to watch part 2 and part 3. This video is not about which lock system is better. Thread locking compounds like Loctite are not used on jet engines, for two big reasons: 1- It is invisible when installed, so to inspect whether a bolt has been properly torqued, it must be removed and re-torqued. simply loosening it and re-torquing it will not do, because the locking agent, once cured, can not be moved. It must be cleaned off and reapplied, before reinstalling the fastener. For quick visual inspections, Loctite is useless. 2- Thread locking compounds are destroyed at the temperatures encountered in a running turbine engine