Originally Posted by
phughes
Sadly one never knows. I know people who tighten nuts and bolts like that. As a side note, within the Ural motorcycle community, a Russian motorcycle, the joke is, tighten until it breaks, then back off a quarter turn.
I think I picked that one up when a coworker made a joke about "What do you mean by tight, Italian tight, German tight, Japanese tight? I forgot what country was associated with what I said.