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    What the hell can you depend on in this world?

    I spent over an hour wrenching the crap out of my son's right pedal trying to replace them before I discovered this truth.

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    Originally posted by jay santos View Post
    What the hell can you depend on in this world?

    I spent over an hour wrenching the crap out of my son's right pedal trying to replace them before I discovered this truth.
    I had that same problem the other day with my daughter's bike. It's just more proof that life was never meant to be fair.
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    • #3
      that's kind of embarrassing. You see, they are threaded the opposite way so that your kids don't turn the pedal off as they are riding the bike. Instead, the pedal stroke can only tighten both pedals.
      PLesa excuse the tpyos.

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      • #4
        They do the same thing on parts of some toilets. At least in my recollection.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by creekster View Post
          that's kind of embarrassing. You see, they are threaded the opposite way so that your kids don't turn the pedal off as they are riding the bike. Instead, the pedal stroke can only tighten both pedals.

          Damn Engineers!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by creekster View Post
            that's kind of embarrassing. You see, they are threaded the opposite way so that your kids don't turn the pedal off as they are riding the bike. Instead, the pedal stroke can only tighten both pedals.
            yes I understand that now.

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            • #7
              this is important knowledge. we must preserve it and hand it down to future generations.
              Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
              God forgives many things for an act of mercy
              Alessandro Manzoni

              Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.

              pelagius

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              • #8
                Originally posted by BigPiney View Post
                They do the same thing on parts of some toilets. At least in my recollection.
                Exactly what part of the toilet aparatus do you tend to unhinge with your pedal stroke?

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                • #9
                  For future reference - if you ever need to change your radiator fan, they are usually reverse threaded for the same reason.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by jay santos View Post
                    What the hell can you depend on in this world?

                    I spent over an hour wrenching the crap out of my son's right pedal trying to replace them before I discovered this truth.

                    Hmmm...the saying in my household growing up was always: "Righty aint tighty and Lefty is hefty (meaning that it makes it tight)." This has come in real handy when working on pedals of kids bikes. This saying has not helped me much elsewhere though.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by UteStar View Post
                      Hmmm...the saying in my household growing up was always: "Righty aint tighty and Lefty is hefty (meaning that it makes it tight)." This has come in real handy when working on pedals of kids bikes. This saying has not helped me much elsewhere though.
                      only on one pedal per bike. They arent both threaded in the same direction.

                      Man, didnt you guys ever take bikes apart when you were kids?
                      PLesa excuse the tpyos.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by kccougar View Post
                        For future reference - if you ever need to change your radiator fan, they are usually reverse threaded for the same reason.
                        I was getting the pool ready today for the Texas heat by replacing the impeller on the pump. I found that the screw that holds the impeller on the motor shaft is left-hand threaded as well. Add that to the list. Also, a lot of gas fittings are left-hand threaded. We engineers like to screw (and sometimes, reverse screw) with ya'll.
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                        GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by BigPiney View Post
                          They do the same thing on parts of some toilets. At least in my recollection.
                          That is a relief because I have worried a couple times whilst pedaling my toilet that the seat might fly off.

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                          • #14
                            I got a flat on an old trailer once. We tried and tried to get that dang wheel off and the spare on, but the bolts just wouldn't loosen. We even had one of those T-shaped lug wrenches - we put one end on the bolt I held up the other end and my friend bounced up and down on one of the "T"s trying to get it to loosen. No luck.

                            We ended up pulling the trailer on a flat to the little gas station/repair shop about 4-5 miles up the road. They pulled out their air wrench and even with that the guy couldn't loosen it.

                            Then some other - more experienced - mechanic comes up and takes a look. He tells us "see that little 'L' on the bolt head? That means it's left hand threaded."

                            After that it came off pretty quick.

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                            • #15
                              There used to be a few cars with left handed threads on one side. Early 60's Pontiacs did that.

                              There are a couple of parts on my Ducati that have right handed threads on one end and left handed threads on the other. One adjusts the length of the shifter rod so that you can move the shift lever up and down. The other is to raise or lower the rear suspension.

                              Way back when I worked as a mechanic my hands just knew which way to turn nuts and bolts. Now, if I'm reaching around to the back of something I often have to think about it for a little bit to make sure that I'm turning things the right way.

                              For some reason, the older I get, the less interested I am with fixing things myself. But I'm still at the point where if I pay someone to fix something I think I would have been better off fixing it myself, but if I do it myself I think I would have been better off paying someone to do it.

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