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Oh Dear......
Who else was shouting at the video.......
I had it literally Drummed into me many years ago
Lefty Loosey
Rightey Tighty
And always have a coffee sitting nearby..
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Originally Posted by Ten660
Oh Dear......
Who else was shouting at the video.......
I had it literally Drummed into me many years ago
Lefty Loosey
Rightey Tighty
And always have a coffee sitting nearby..
Andy
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And wear gloves.
And I know it's no consolation but I did the same thing some years ago.
But I haven't done it since and I doubt you will either.
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"Lefty loosey...righty tighty..." for taking off bolts or tightening them.
That means...turn to the left(counter-clockwise) to loosen...turn the spanner to the right(clockwise) to tighten
Rarely...very rarely are things reverse threaded...where the above adage is backwards.
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D'oh indeed, but its happened to us all. There is a knack to getting sheared studs out that comes with time....... Luckily this definitely wont be the last bolt that gets snapped so you will get to practice!
Its worth remembering that snapped bolts are just spilled milk - worse case scenario you try and drill them out and the bit snaps, then you need a spark eroder.... still not the end of the world though.
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Ah, but lefty loosey, righty tighty is back to front if the bolt's upside-down like it was in this case.
If the worst comes to the worst, pack a small nut and bolt in your tool kit, then just orient that to match the thing you want to loosen/tighten and voila, instant reminder.
Now can anyone weld?
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Oh the Shame!!!!
oh how I laughed..... after the fact of course
Well guys - the most embarrassing part is I taught Mardi the 'lefty loosy, righty tighty' saying!!!!! aaggghhhhh!!! No actually the worst part was thinking, nay - believing that I was following my own advice and turning the bolt the right way......
But hey - a lesson well learned, and you don't learn anything unless you get your hands dirty and make a few mistakes along the way - which is why we're doing all of this now - a long time before we find ourselves stranded with mechanical problems in the middle of the Sahara
One small sweet thing to come out the weekend spent up to my elbows in grease though - Mama XTHeadGirl shared with her daughter the very old and well known 'drag you nails over a bar of soap to keep the grease out' adage..... aaaaahhhhhhh - don't you just love moms?
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Your bike, next time!
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But hey - a lesson well learned, and you don't learn anything unless you get your hands dirty and make a few mistakes along the way -
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Yeah GIGI... next weekend, we're learning on YOUR bike... I really need to learn how to do a GEARBOX REPLACEMENT... and I know EXACTLY which cogs go where....
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Yeah GIGI... next weekend, we're learning on YOUR bike... I really need to learn how to do a GEARBOX REPLACEMENT... and I know EXACTLY which cogs go where....
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First XT gearbox to have 1 first and 4 reverse
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