oxjox@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months agoWhat is the answer?message-squaremessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down18file-text
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minus-squareXantar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-28 months ago(not recently but always useful): Righty tighty, lefty loosey. Always helps when un/screwing things.
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-28 months agoExcept gas pressure regulators And lawnmower blades And brush cutter heads And some wheel hubs What did I miss? Oh, bicycle pedal cranks
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoHalf of a bottlescrew or turnbuckle.
minus-squaresylver_dragon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months ago What did I miss? Anything where the nut will regularly be in a counter-clockwise rotation. Ideally you want the nut spinning toward tightening, so that it doesn’t back out over time. So, for some application “left-handed” threads make more sense.
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoCongrats for just explaining why I listed those specific things 😂
(not recently but always useful): Righty tighty, lefty loosey. Always helps when un/screwing things.
Except gas pressure regulators
And lawnmower blades
And brush cutter heads
And some wheel hubs
What did I miss?
Oh, bicycle pedal cranks
Half of a bottlescrew or turnbuckle.
Some arbor nuts.
Anything where the nut will regularly be in a counter-clockwise rotation. Ideally you want the nut spinning toward tightening, so that it doesn’t back out over time. So, for some application “left-handed” threads make more sense.
Congrats for just explaining why I listed those specific things 😂