Quiz: Left-Hand Threads
 

Quiz for the day:

Left-hand threads (clockwise = loosen, counter = tighten) are not that common. But most of us have at least one left-hand thread in the house. What is it? (Hint: not in the garage.)

P.S. This may not apply outside of the US.

propane tank

Fuel gas.
Propane, Acetyline, etc...

yep...

Sinks w/ separate hot and cold faucets.

Left side pedal on most bikes!

Toilet flush handle retainer nut.

Alan wins!

It is the most common-place left-hand thread around. Not everyone has an acetylene tank, but everyone has a toilet - I hope.

Truck lugnuts in the garage

so is this a left handed thread?






thank you ill be here all week! :D

Strut tower brace clasps. Well, that's in the garage, not the house. And they turn the other way in Australia.

Knock offs on the wire wheels on one of my British cars.

any thread is left handed if you crank hard enough with the wrench. I have converted a number of right to left in my life. Flush with those sucesses, I'm thinking of trying to convert some lesbians. Didn't bell have a barrel of the awhile back?

Yeah, what happened to "more fun than a barrel of lesbians"? Did bell's car get less fun? Or did his lesbians get more fun?

To the PC police: nostatic started it.