"Viperdoc" wrote in message
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What's your personal favorite tool? (Mine is the Snap on ratchet screw
driver. It has a great action and feel, and in fact we use their same
mechanism in the operating room for placing bone screws)

So, back to aviation- let's hear your responses!


It must be winter, there is little flying so we are reduced to talking about
screwing.

For real mechanicing on difficult screws, I like to use a hand (not air)
impact screwdriver to remove seized or overly tight screws. The twisting
force is controllable by how hard the driver is struck by the hammer and the
hammer serves to force the driver into good contact with the head of the
screw and reduces slippage and screw damage. I seldom use an impact driver
for installing, but a little nevr-seize on the new screw will allow
increased clamping force and a tighter fit as well as reduce corrosion and
facilitate future removal.

just my .02, YMMV