Originally Posted by
P!N20
Use the right tool. Don't rush. Don't be shy, but don't force it. . . .Grease every thread. Have fun. Go and do something else if you find yourself getting frustrated and come back to it later. . . .You'll always be happier if you took the time to do it properly.
Can't stress enough the importance of developing a respect for threaded fasteners, especially speaking as someone streamed away from tech work into academics in high school. I really wish they would have let me take machine shop instead of typing in Grade 9. (Yes I know they were thinking of all those college term papers to come.) That's why I highlighted the specifically thread-referencing bits in this incredibly wise yet succinct jedi-master's post. Really learn threads. They are the foundation of industrial civilization. And they keep your bike from falling apart.
Edit: If I'd had Randy's website back in 1972 I would have been spared a world of hurt. Tom Cuthbertson's
Anybody's Bike Book pales in comparison.