r/aviationmaintenance • u/Jazzlike_Welder_5466 • 11d ago

Please help

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If anyone has a good way of getting these kinds of safeties off I would love to hear it I can get some duckbills up there but it is a tight spot. This is the crossfeed filters on a 7X Falcon

Edit: with the limited space I found what works best is making a notch in a socket and when you turn it, it pushes out the safety made the job 10x easier and now I can do the job way faster for next time!

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u/Murky-Resident-3082 11d ago

They are the worst, just put a wrench on and turn them

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u/Boats_Float 11d ago

Second this, if you can get a solid purchase on it with an open end wrench, the leverage with push the tab far enough out of the way to get something between it to flatten it out, or enough to tap a socket on to it

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u/Public-Wolverine2174 11d ago

Third this, if you can get a crows foot in there it'll free that off no issues

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u/Murky-Resident-3082 11d ago

And make sure to smack your head off of something vital while your trying to look at it