Sometimes things can get a little complicated: Remember: Lefty loosey, righty tighty
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I don’t know where I first heard that, but it’s helped me through at least 25 confusing moments in home repair. It’s so fundamental that it should be on a tablet on a mountain somewhere.
Leftie loosie right tighty works great until you deal with a bolt on a reverse thread.
I havent ever heard that, and I am kinda old. I was taught to use clockwise-counter clockwise tighten / loosen. Better mental picture due to the circular movement.
Re: Righty tightly...
It’s a good saying, however an old mechanic showed me a physical version...
Move your right hand to the front and pretend that you are holding a bottle or can — your fingers are naturally curled the left and your thumb is curled to the left.
Now, without moving your fingers, rotate your thumb up, point to the sky...
Imagine that if you need to loosen a nut or bolt just below your hand: you need the bolt to ‘twist in the direction of your thumb’ — your fingers now show you the direction to turn a wrench.
If your nut or bolt needs to be tightened ‘down’ then point your thumb on the downward direction...
(Of course it works just the opposite south of the equator...)
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***Sometimes things can get a little complicated: Remember: Lefty loosey, righty tighty
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That’s a left-handed compliment!
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