Left hand thread trivia challenge
12-10-11, 12:18 PM
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Crank-extractor threads and dust caps on some Campy square-taper cranks. I have a couple of the corresponding LH-thread extractor tools, they see action once every few years.
12-10-11, 06:52 PM
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shimano bar-end shifters are right hand threaded, BUT, you screw them in from the backside, which makes them loosen with clockwise turns.
same with spoke nipples from the hub side.
same with spoke nipples from the hub side.
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Clutch basket retaining nut on a Harley Sportster....
12-10-11, 07:38 PM
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How about a left-handed compliment to the guy who dredged up this three year old thread!
12-10-11, 08:08 PM
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light bulb sockets in the hallways of old tenements so people wouldn't steal the bulbs.Wrong way light bulbs.
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I believe nuts holding the mechanism together inside Rapidfire shifters is LH threaded.
I thought it was only one of them... the locknut or the cone. I can't remember which... although I defer to your confidence on the issue.
12-10-11, 09:04 PM
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Same thing for the incandescent bulbs on NYC subway cars, for the same reason.
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12-10-11, 09:05 PM
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Sorry, these are right hand threaded. They have to be, since they attach to the end of a long RH screw.
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12-10-11, 09:07 PM
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One side of the main shaft bolt on a Park TS-2 truing stand. Likewise all applications where a single bolt moves two nut closer or farther apart while turning in one direction.
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12-11-11, 08:02 AM
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"The fragrant honeysuckle spirals clockwise to the sun,
And many other creepers do the same.
But some climb anti-clockwise, the bindweed does for one,
Or Convolvulus, to give her proper name."
"Mis-alliance", Flanders & Swann.
Rooted on each side of a door, the two plants fall in love but because their helices are of opposite "hand" they are unable to consummate their relationship and have to deal with disapproval from their respective families. In one iteration of the refrain we hear, "Said the right-hand-thread honeysuckle to the left-hand-thread bindweed..."
And many other creepers do the same.
But some climb anti-clockwise, the bindweed does for one,
Or Convolvulus, to give her proper name."
"Mis-alliance", Flanders & Swann.
Rooted on each side of a door, the two plants fall in love but because their helices are of opposite "hand" they are unable to consummate their relationship and have to deal with disapproval from their respective families. In one iteration of the refrain we hear, "Said the right-hand-thread honeysuckle to the left-hand-thread bindweed..."
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12-11-11, 09:17 PM
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Some internal parts of some generator and e-bike hubs. Don't remember which...
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"Mis-alliance", Flanders & Swan.
Considering the offspring, the parents of the unfortunate vines intone,
"Poor little sucker, how will it learn,
"When it is climbing, which way to turn,
"Right, left, what a disgrace:
"Or it may go straight up and fall flat on its face!"
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12-11-11, 11:54 PM
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Just occurred to me...
We can write a whole entire book on just this topic alone.
"The World of Left-Handed Threads"
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We can write a whole entire book on just this topic alone.
"The World of Left-Handed Threads"
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5. My all time favorite book is:
Kahane, Howard. Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life
5000+ wheels built since 1984...
Disclaimer:
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2. I like anyone will comment in other areas.
3. I do not own the preexisting concepts of DISH and ERD.
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5. My all time favorite book is:
Kahane, Howard. Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life
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