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I hate righty-tighty lefty-loosy. Depending on whether you're looking at the top or bottom of the screw, you can see movement to the right or the left. I hate whoever came up with it, and I wish I had been taught the right hand method. It works exactly the same as the electromagnetic right hand rule:
an example of the right hand rule as it relates to a screw thread

Basically, you take your right hand, stick your thumb out, and curl your fingers like you're grabbing a broom handle. Point your thumb in the direction you want the screw to move to. Want to screw something in? Point your thumb towards the thing. Want to unscrew? Point your thumb away from the object the screw is currently in. Then, just look at the way your fingers are pointing! If it helps, squeeze your fingers into a fist and see which way they move. Alternatively, bend your wrist in, and observe which way your fingers are moving. Works every time.

It sounds complicated, but there are plenty of people who are unable to intuitively differentiate from right and left the way they can differentiate up and down. I am one of those people. Thanks to this method, I've been able to develop the muscle memory/intuition to know which way to turn a screw.

It's important to note that this only works for screws that are "right hand threaded." If the screw is only getting tighter when you're using this method, then it's likely reverse threaded, or left hand threaded. If that's the case, just use your left hand instead of your right hand.

As a kid it took me a long time to understand what turning right even meant, because when the top goes right, the bottom goes left and the sides go up and down. It doesn't make sense.

Unless you're south of the equator ...

Clockwise lockwise. Windershins looser.

La derecha oprime, la izquierda libera.

If too much righty tighty then it might become loosy

It would be great if cats could fix cars... :)

Even though we would probably employ them and make them work 9-5 like another species I know.

Torque specs? Keep going right till it gets loose again

I learned it the other way: Lefty Loosy, Righty Tighty. Your version sounds so wrong to me, but I presume mine sounds wrong to you wrong people.

"We are checking"

Unless it's a propane tanks top spigot, then it's lefty tighty righty don't fuck with it.

😂 HIS ASS IS NOT A MECHANIC 😂

just watched a sadly hilarious video of a mechanic struggle with reverse threads on highly specific rotating assembly. like, I get it, it's not immediately obvious, but edit that wrong turn out if you want to make a serious explainer series. also, if you work with pivots that often, you have to expect that shit.

I'm not sure if it's a symptom of a mental disorder but I struggle with right vs left to this day. If someone says "turn left" it takes some mental power for me to decipher. But clockwise / anticlockwise is easy for some reason

Not on all vehicles.

I broke 2 lug nuts off a Willys Army Jeep I was restoring in High School before I figured that one out.

Still remember the day my grandfather taught me this

They better remember this when they’re doing Lewis’s wheels next year!

Right hand rule gang

Righty tooty lefty loopey, except after c

👍right hand rule master race

Shouldn't it be the exact opposite way for this wheel? From the closeness to the wall this should be the left rear wheel of the car. In order to prevent the bolts from unscrewing them self they should be a left thread on the left side of the car.

the left pedal of a bycycle also has a left thread instead of a right thread to avoid that from happening.