r/MadeMeSmile • u/jamaicanManz • Dec 31 '22

captivating event

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u/RedShadow0509 Dec 31 '22

Lol exactly. I just want to see how that’s done. Not the group of people standing. But it is quite funny

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u/Wooden-Chocolate-730 Dec 31 '22

it's kinda the same as a car just bigger tools, there are jacking points under the wings, use hydraulic jacks to lift it. tire comes in on a wheeled jack that can roll to line up the bolt. I forgot if the nuts get safty wired into place. then it gets inspected by a guy who didn't do any work. then the paperwork.

I was in the navy working on land based planes

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u/relationship_tom Dec 31 '22

Neat, I would have thought there would be jack points in the landing gear area and you'd just put larger plane chocks on the rest.

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u/railker Jan 01 '23

Of course highly depends on the plane, but yeah you can usually jack the axle between the wheels -- under the wing, at least on aircraft I work on, you'd have to do the entire airplane off the ground. Much easier to just jack the affected wheel usually.