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While I agree with you totally TUFFTR, the wire he is referring to is used to hold the fasteners in place after they are torqued. The idea is that when the fasteners are "tied together" and one tries to back out it will attempt to tighten the other fastener keeping both in place until the wire is cut or untwisted. The odds of safety wire breaking are actually pretty astronomical because its only purpose is to keep the fasteners from backing out. They have no function for torquing nor for keeping parts together(that's the fasteners job).
Jeff
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Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude but I see so many posts where the poster asks about a problem without ever describing the engine the problem is connected to. As NA's and TT's have lots of differences it's hard to formulate a response with that information. Yes, I realize the oil pickup tubes are most probably the same so it shouldn't have mattered in this case.
Safety wire is stainless steel, very strong and used to make sure fasteners that should never come loose don't fall out even if they did. All aircraft engines us it. Makes be feel better when I have to fly too.
Here is a great example that I found online that will answer any questions you might have on proper use of safety wire how and why.
http://www2.tech.purdue.edu/at/cours...3-1B/CH7_7.pdf
Once you see it you will totally understand why I mentioned it and how it works to keep things in place. Jeff said it correctly.
