On 6/14/2010 12:16 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Have heard and read before not to use Teflon tape on aircraft. May I > ask why? Problem is it turns into tiny threads (not threads on the fitting, threads like in fabric) and when you disassemble the fitting they are impossible to get rid of. Then, when you put it together again, the threads move into the mechanism. Maybe not a show stopper in a brake system, but could be a killer in a fuel system. Anyhow, IMHO, Teflon tape is for plumbers and I wouldn't want most plumbers working on my plane...
-- John Cooper Skyport East www.skyportservices.net
