oxjox@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoWhat is the answer?message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the answer?oxjox@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareXantar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 months ago(not recently but always useful): Righty tighty, lefty loosey. Always helps when un/screwing things.
minus-squareHugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 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-up0·7 months agoHalf of a bottlescrew or turnbuckle.
minus-squaresylver_dragon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 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.
(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.
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.