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turbinetree

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13. Thank you for that information it brings back memories .............at United we used the cradle from which the engine

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #12)

Fri Nov 7, 2025, 09:16 AM

Nov 7

was attached and lifted the entire cradle and engine to the wing or vise a versa to remove the engine being taken off. We had an engine change kit that we put in a LD Container specifically for engine changes if we had to fly to another airport. When we were attaching the engine to the pylon we had to make sure that we did not exceed the torque loads to the bolts.
And after we got it all together we took the plane out to to do an engine run

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If they changed that engine during the "heavy" maintenance and after about three weeks of take off's and landing's turbinetree Nov 6 #11

It's a slow, complicated procedure, and in the case of the AA accident they tried to speed it up. Ocelot II Nov 6 #12

Thank you for that information it brings back memories .............at United we used the cradle from which the engine turbinetree Nov 7 #13

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None malaise Nov 6 #8

Unless the airplane had contained a shipment of gold plumbing fixtures Ocelot II Nov 6 #10