Author Topic: gosh darned left hand threads (Read 4739 times)

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **on:** March 28, 2009, 08:39:58 AM »

i just learned (over 2 days) that a ford 1600 tractor has left hand threads on the lugs on the left side thankfully VERY strong lugs

280plus · « **Reply #1 on:** March 28, 2009, 08:46:56 AM »

Learned the very same thing about the barrel on my Colt Woodsman. Apparently it's pretty tough as well.

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #2 on:** March 28, 2009, 09:16:25 AM »

i had a 2 foot 3/4 breaker bar and 200 pounds bouncing on the end i managed to tighten em all a bit before i broke the code and then my impact wrench worked i had tried it before and it wouldn't budge em

Harold Tuttle · « **Reply #3 on:** March 28, 2009, 09:30:49 AM »

left hand side is reversed so the forward torque does not loosen the nuts

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #4 on:** March 28, 2009, 09:32:51 AM »

Don't feel bad. Even "professional" mechanics screw up.

I had some monkeys at a bike shop in Idaho repair a transmission seal on my Harley. Some of the major fasteners in the primary are right hand thread, so the factory shop manual recommends using Loctite red, the semi-permanent stuff. Well, these monkeys were purists who didn't believe in Loctite, but the laws of physics don't care about what they believe. Right handed fasteners spinning counter-clockwise at high rpm's tend to loosen quickly.

I found that out when I got back home to Milwaukee and had to fix some of the work I paid them to do, all because they didn't use Loctite as I told them to.

280plus · « **Reply #5 on:** March 28, 2009, 11:25:00 AM »

Quote from: Harold Tuttle on March 28, 2009, 09:30:49 AM

left hand side is reversed so the forward torque does not loosen the nuts

There's nothing worse than loose nuts...

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #6 on:** March 28, 2009, 11:32:34 AM »

especially between the seat and the steering wheel

Harold Tuttle · « **Reply #7 on:** March 28, 2009, 11:59:02 AM »

arrrgh! its driv'n me nuts

just Warren · « **Reply #8 on:** March 28, 2009, 05:27:35 PM »

Is this thread right or left handed?

41magsnub · « **Reply #9 on:** March 28, 2009, 05:50:10 PM »

I think left handed threads should be banned and all the south paws who start them send to RIGHT handed re-education camps until corrected.

Wait.. what was this about again?

Leatherneck · « **Reply #10 on:** March 28, 2009, 06:00:31 PM »

Yeah, Ford on their heavier trucks and vans does that stupid thing. Frustrating and unnecessary.

TC

Regolith · « **Reply #11 on:** March 29, 2009, 01:02:55 AM »

Quote from: 41magsnub on March 28, 2009, 05:50:10 PM

I think left handed threads should be banned and all the south paws who start them send to RIGHT handed re-education camps until corrected.

Wait.. what was this about again?

Better watch it. Some of us southpaws shoot back.

Desertdog · « **Reply #12 on:** March 29, 2009, 09:12:34 AM »

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i just learned (over 2 days) that a ford 1600 tractor has left hand threads on the lugs on the left side thankfully VERY strong lugs

This is nothing new. I learned of it in the 1950s, and it was probably old by then.

CNYCacher · « **Reply #13 on:** March 29, 2009, 10:51:15 AM »

Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on March 28, 2009, 09:16:25 AM

i had a 2 foot 3/4 breaker bar and 200 pounds bouncing on the end i managed to tighten em all a bit before i broke the code and then my impact wrench worked i had tried it before and it wouldn't budge em

400 foot-lbs if you were only standing on the bar, bouncing on it could've easily doubled that.

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #14 on:** March 29, 2009, 11:47:11 AM »

i was holding the grab handle pulling down and bouncing VERY STRONG bolt i think i stretched it a might. i replaced it just in case. did i mention i left the wheel weight on and the darn wheel flopped off and pinned me under it? giving my helper a dilema help me out or take pictures and go to lunch

280plus · « **Reply #15 on:** March 29, 2009, 12:42:03 PM »

Tough choices there!

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #16 on:** March 29, 2009, 02:06:12 PM »

hes a nice guy thankfully as soon as he stopped laughing he helped me out. he was equaly helpful three years ago when i got wrongfully arrested we both wish he got pics of me in cuffs

grampster · « **Reply #17 on:** March 29, 2009, 02:10:07 PM »

Quote from: Regolith on March 29, 2009, 01:02:55 AM

Better watch it. Some of us southpaws shoot back.

Yeah and most of us are ambidextrous and shoot well with both hands. Plus, we lefties are in our right minds.

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #18 on:** March 29, 2009, 02:15:17 PM »

my daughters a lefty and does that is that typical? she writes left throws right shoots either

MechAg94 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 29, 2009, 02:18:01 PM »

I write and throw left handed. I can bat either way. I shoot right handed, but can shoot pistols left handed also. It was just the way I learned. I golf right handed also.

grampster · « **Reply #20 on:** March 29, 2009, 05:02:38 PM »

Being ambidextrous for left handed people is quite natural. We live in a right handed world so we are forced to adapt. Thus we become able to use both hands. That, and we're much brighter, better looking, taller, socially adept, have better jobs, are luckier and we have all our teeth which are whiter and more even.

AJ Dual · « **Reply #21 on:** March 29, 2009, 05:04:52 PM »

Maybe it's just a display problem on your end?
Threads are always left-handed by default. If they were right,
it would look kind of funny. Like this.
I suppose if you read Hebrew or something, It's not so odd...

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #22 on:** March 29, 2009, 08:06:45 PM »

i'm 1/2 japanese it might work for me

zahc · « **Reply #23 on:** March 30, 2009, 12:45:46 AM »

If I want left hand threads, I just browse DU.

Regolith · « **Reply #24 on:** March 30, 2009, 08:39:44 PM »

Quote from: grampster on March 29, 2009, 05:02:38 PM

Being ambidextrous for left handed people is quite natural. We live in a right handed world so we are forced to adapt. Thus we become able to use both hands. That, and we're much brighter, better looking, taller, socially adept, have better jobs, are luckier and we have all our teeth which are whiter and more even.

Exactly.

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Author Topic: gosh darned left hand threads (Read 4739 times)