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Realized I've been over-torquing the governor rope clamp for a decade after a new guy asked why the strands looked crushed.
It finally clicked when he showed me the spec sheet from a 2012 Otis manual that said 25 ft-lbs, not 'as tight as you can get it' like my old foreman taught me, so how do you all handle retraining muscle memory on stuff like that?
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evan_grant705mo ago
Man, that's a classic story right there. It's wild how one wrong piece of advice can stick for ten years. For muscle memory, I just have to force myself to slow down and use the torque wrench every single time, no shortcuts. It feels wrong for a while, like you're not doing the job right. But after a few weeks of being strict about it, the new way starts to feel normal. Breaking that old habit is a pain but totally worth it.
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sandragrant4mo ago
That bit about it feeling wrong for a while really hits home... @evan_grant70 you described it perfectly. For me, it's like your hands are fighting your brain the whole time. I had to train myself to stop using my thumb to feel for tightness and just trust the click of the wrench. It took about a month before I stopped second-guessing it on every single bolt. Now when I skip it, my hand actually feels off, like something is missing.
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