[TheForge] left-handed pipe thread?

Sat Nov 23 02:25:00 2002

At 11:40 PM 11/22/02, you wrote:

Oops...forgot...
Left handed threads are also used on turning shafts , axles and the like to 
prevent loosening when the direction of spin indicates.
For example, the lug nuts on old Chryslers and Alpha Romeos were backwards 
on one side.

>hello;
>
>i really have to ask where left-handed pipe threads are
>used. i was visiting a friend today and he was moaning about
>a fouled up pipe fittings order. most of the fittings have
>left-handed pipe threads. some of the 90 degree elbows have
>one end left-handed and the other end is right handed. nearly
>ever pipe coupling is left-handed at one end and right-handed
>at the other end.
>
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>Terry L. Ridder ><>
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