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Originally Posted by Walt Fricke
Someone - Smith? - also said safety wire just means the bolts won't fall off when they get loose. Might be valuable in some applications where the shear strength of the bolts is what matters (like, say, a seat belt mount), but not for repetitive stresses. Rod bolts, for instance, don't have their nuts safety wired. And properly tightened don't come loose, either.
Of course, well done safety wiring looks impressive. And it is required for lots of aircraft applications, whether valuable or not. But a lot of extra work for no gain.
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Yes, I'm pretty sure that was in Screw to Win
The wire IS pretty - and keeps the bolt out of your turbofan...
and BTW - dig up the old threads on split-ring lock washers....