• ripcord@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    The assumption in this whole post is that it’s right-thread, since left is so uncommon.

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      17 days ago

      Most common example would be a bicycle, I think - your pedals tighten on “in the same direction the wheel turns” as you look at them. So your left pedal has left-hand thread, and goes on and comes off backwards.

      The effect of precession also means that you can tighten the pedals on finger tight and a good long ride will make them absolutely solid - need to bounce up and down on a spanner to loosen them.