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[-] Alteon@lemmy.world 129 points 10 months ago

A righty tighty will always be a lefty loosey. What you got there is a "torquey teary". Ease up on installation there Magilla.

[-] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 35 points 10 months ago

Yeah this caption doesn't make any sense

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Had to scroll a while to find you guys. Thanks for noticing!

[-] ADTJ@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago

Not to be confused with a "Torquay Teary" when your family trip to Cornwall goes badly

[-] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I saw this and thought more like ‘head fally offy’ or ‘screw spinny spinny’.

[-] 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 93 points 10 months ago
[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

I forgot the torque wrench, just fucking full send it.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 6 points 10 months ago

Amazing, haha

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Sync for Lemmy ❤️

[-] Gingernate@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

69 points after I upvoted

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 59 points 10 months ago

I heard someone saying something along the lines of "a bolt is tightened until the thread breaks and then half a turn back"

Some really take that as an advice

[-] Romeowns@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

Pretty sure I heard AvE say "tighten it 'til you hear the crack, then back it off a quarter turn" in one of his videos ;'D

[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

I’m personally a fan of “that bolt has ugga’ed its last dugga.”

[-] StuffYouFear@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Another one we said in my old shop was "Tighten till it loosens, then back off half a turn"

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[-] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

It’s a quarter twist before snapping of.

[-] casmael@startrek.website 56 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Man living in a 120 year old house means it’s always wall roulette any time you want to hang anything. Is that a brick, or is it fake mortar with the consistency of hummus. Who knows let’s find out

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

Surprise, it's "C": a forgotten piece of romex on a 20A breaker.

[-] Hellstormy@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

No, it's "D": The cable that goes to your lights in the kitchen two rooms farther but some idiot decided to run it through the walls taking the scenic route.

[-] casmael@startrek.website 3 points 10 months ago

No no that’s the proper way to do it to maximise errrr likelihood of future damage by drilling

[-] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 22 points 10 months ago

I assume Humous is hummus?

[-] casmael@startrek.website 8 points 10 months ago

Oops yup wrong kind of hummus

[-] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

It's a transliteration of an Arabic word, you can spell it with different vowel combinations.

[-] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

I was just asking for clarification

[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Helicoil thread repair kits. Allowing me to escape the expensive consequences of my mistakes for years and counting.

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 months ago

The F150 used to come standard with a set

[-] normonator@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

Probably for the damn plugs in those...

[-] LoraxEleven@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago

An old army buddy of mine once said with the purest rage: "It don't matter which way I fuckin turn it! It ALWAYS COMES BACK TO LEFT!!" after hearing righty-tighty lefty-loosy for probably the thousandth time whilst givin er in the wrong direction once again..

He got out of the army as a heavy tank mechanic and went into concrete. I don't even think he owns any tools at all these days.. That's been thirty damn years ago and I'm still fuckin with him about it every now and again..

[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 28 points 10 months ago

My favorite part of concrete is the lack of threads

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 10 months ago

Lots of things are better without Threads, including the fediverse

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Also women. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Cries in Precast

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

I have never used righty tighty, lefty loosey in practice. It will always, always be an imaginary milk jug.

[-] Carvex@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

I'll try "Whats a torque spec?" for $500 Alex

[-] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

And the answer is something easily ignored but vastly important.

[-] CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 months ago

Two ugga-duggas is close enough to spec, it'll be fine.

[-] Carvex@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

100 inch pounds is as hard as I can right?

[-] Zoot@reddthat.com 2 points 10 months ago

Ahh yes, the great inch versus foot pound conundrum

[-] Patches@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Where do y'all find this elusive "Torque Spec"?

Even if I could afford a $100 click wrench. Where am I gonna lookup random bolt on whatever the hell I'm repairing?

[-] variants@possumpat.io 3 points 10 months ago

Usually depends on the size of the screw

[-] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

Damnit, I'm becoming a dad.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago

I've found myself watching long youtube videos of people's DIY projects lately. It's happening...

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

In the world of gears and screws, they say, Lies a whimsical dance, a playful array. Righty tighty, lefty loosey, they decree, A rhyme of mechanics, a playful spree.

With a twist to the right, oh, the magic it weaves, Securing the bond, as it deftly achieves. Righty tighty, a clockwise turn to bind, A snug little twist, a connection defined.

Yet the left beckons with its whimsical call, A twist to the left, a loosening sprawl. Lefty loosey, a counter-clockwise flow, Unraveling secrets, it willingly shows.

Righty tighty, lefty loosey, they sway, A duet of motion, in their mechanical ballet. Twisting and turning, they whisper in song, A symphony of movement, where they both belong.

So heed their advice in your mechanical groove, Righty tighty, lefty loosey, a mantra to prove, In the dance of mechanics, they hold the key, A delightful rhyme, a whimsical decree.

[-] mo_lave@reddthat.com 5 points 10 months ago
[-] DogWater@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

And it just came out a head.

[-] Gingernate@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

Lefty loosey is fine, it's righty loosey that's the issue

[-] hex@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah they messed up the meme

[-] Dettweiler42@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

We want German tight (gutentight), not Russian tight (brokenov)!

[-] chocolateo@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I picked a whole bouquet of oopsie daises

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