PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-724
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 724
MARCH 2013
26
PS 724
MAR 13
27
PS 724
MAR 13
R
emoving panels from your airframe is not as simple as one, two, three, mechanics.
When you remove aircraft panels to gain access for maintenance or other repairs,
make sure you set the conditions for success before you start. Select the proper size
screw driver bit and check it for excess wear or damage. A sloppy bit Ft will only
strip out the screw. Set the drill in the aviation footlocker (A±L) on the lowest setting
for each and every screw before you remove them. Then move up the setting as
needed to get the screws out.
Using the wrong drill setting to remove screws strips them out. If you end up
with stripped screws, then you’ve got serious problems and an unhappy airframe
repairer, who’ll have to remove stripped screws in one of two ways, neither of which
is much fun.
One way is to drill a hole into the screw
and take it out using a screw extractor.
The second way is to modify the Phillips
head screw by using a hack saw to cut a
single slot in the head so that a ²at-tip
screwdriver can be used to extract it. Any
slips here can damage the airframe.
Remember, while removing screws
from your airframe, a drill will not
remove stripped countersunk screws.
All Aircraft…
Aircraft Panel Removal Done Right
R
ETUR
N
OF A
LEGEN
D
Use drill
to remove
stripped
screws
I’m going
to get that
screw out
one way or
the other!
you’d
better try
the
right
way…
…like using the tools I got.
that
hammer and
chisel can
do a lot of
damage!
yeah,
tell
him.
Connie… Master
Sergeant… it’s
awfully nice of
you to come on
this outing with
US.
You never have
told me why you
help us each
month!
Let’s just say
that we have
our reasons
and let it go
at that.
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