Righty tighty, lefty loosey

[tcreeley]

Never could remember any of those word tricks like lefty loosy. I always have to see it in my head as a picture, then I know what to do. If I once understood the thinking, I could always figure it out again.

 

[check]

Never could remember any of those word tricks like lefty loosy. I always have to see it in my head as a picture, then I know what to do. If I once understood the thinking, I could always figure it out again.

It is amazing what visualization can do. My wife, however cannot visualize anything. It is so weird I can't believe it.

 

[TCJatko]

Righty tighty, lefty loosey

LOL
but not on a propane tank!

Had a tenant that called to get help to change his tank, LOL.
Problem was he used vice grips and the nut was all chewed up.

This doesn't work on Chrysler products from the fifties, either. As I recall, they had left-hand-threaded lug nuts on the right side of the car.

 

[turnkey4099]

This doesn't work on Chrysler products from the fifties, either. As I recall, they had left-hand-threaded lug nuts on the right side of the car.

Yep. A ham handed wrench monkey with a rattle gun pulled a stud clear out of my right front wheel on a 72 plymouth.

 

[sixdogs]

This doesn't work on Chrysler products from the fifties, either. As I recall, they had left-hand-threaded lug nuts on the right side of the car.

The big Ford trucks of the early 1960's had backwards threads on one side and as a youth I spent some time with a long breaker bar learning that embarrassing lesson. Stripped the threads on one of those humongous lug nuts before I figured it out. Even had an "L" stamped into the end of the stud for guidance. So that's "righty-rightly, lefty-righty"?

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I had a '41 Chrysler, and if I recall correctly, it alsoad the left hand threads on the right side.

 

[sixdogs]

I had a '41 Chrysler, and if I recall correctly, it alsoad the left hand threads on the right side.

And if I recall correctly, the studs were not marked so a casual observer had no idea.

 

[lucky llama]

Boy, that girl ain,t no good! You bes let her be.

 

[cqaigy2]

And if I recall correctly, the studs were not marked so a casual observer had no idea.

I found that out on my 47 Willys. The stud didn't twist off, but i ruined a good lug wrench when it twisted. Lucky I had a second one.

 

[PJ The Kid]

Good saddles ain't cheap, cheap saddles ain't good.
A good mechanic isn't expensive, he's priceless.
If you wanna hear God laugh, tell him your plans. Never let a cowboy make the coffee.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
(I grew up with old cowboys and farmers, starting to put a book together of all the sayings I learned.)