Narrative:

I was assigned to a B767 aircraft; to reinstall the #3 main landing gear (medium large transport) brake and tire. My co-worker and I installed the brake and had quality assurance (qa) inspect the installation. Qa signed-off on it. Next we installed the main tire. After installing and torqueing the main tire; the tire didn't pass the shake test. We removed the tire and ordered a new main tire. While waiting for the tire; we were asked by supervision why don't we just use one of the tires that had been removed previously by the a-check [mechanics] that had been done the day before. I stated that shouldn't be done. We were also told that the paperwork for the removal of the medium large transport brake and tire didn't have to be done because the plane is only going to the hanger. I said that wouldn't be safe. I said that the paperwork is a requirement. It took almost 2.5 hours to receive the new tire from stores. When the new tire was installed; the tire passed the torque and shake test. Qa was there the whole time. When we tried to install the hubcap; the hubcap wouldn't go on properly. My coworker made a maintenance write-up stating this and I made one stating that the hubcap and hardware is in the cargo compartment.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two line mechanics reported they did not have enough time before the end of their shift to re-install a hubcap and complete the replacement of the #3 main landing gear (MLG) tire and brake assembly after an overweight inspection of the #3 MLG axle. A write-up was made to reinstall the hubcap on the B767 aircraft. They were informed the next day the #3 brake assembly had disintegrated on taxi due to a missing spacer.

Narrative: I was assigned to a B767 aircraft; to reinstall the #3 main landing gear (MLG) brake and tire. My co-worker and I installed the brake and had Quality Assurance (QA) inspect the installation. QA signed-off on it. Next we installed the main tire. After installing and torqueing the main tire; the tire didn't pass the shake test. We removed the tire and ordered a new main tire. While waiting for the tire; we were asked by Supervision why don't we just use one of the tires that had been removed previously by the A-check [mechanics] that had been done the day before. I stated that shouldn't be done. We were also told that the paperwork for the removal of the MLG brake and tire didn't have to be done because the plane is only going to the hanger. I said that wouldn't be safe. I said that the paperwork is a requirement. It took almost 2.5 hours to receive the new tire from Stores. When the new tire was installed; the tire passed the torque and shake test. QA was there the whole time. When we tried to install the hubcap; the hubcap wouldn't go on properly. My coworker made a Maintenance write-up stating this and I made one stating that the hubcap and hardware is in the cargo compartment.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.