134 points

A righty tighty will always be a lefty loosey. What you got there is a “torquey teary”. Ease up on installation there Magilla.

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Yeah this caption doesn’t make any sense

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Had to scroll a while to find you guys. Thanks for noticing!

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Not to be confused with a “Torquay Teary” when your family trip to Cornwall goes badly

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Yeah, I saw this and thought more like ‘head fally offy’ or ‘screw spinny spinny’.

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93 points

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22 points

I forgot the torque wrench, just fucking full send it.

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6 points

Amazing, haha

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3 points

Sync for Lemmy ❤️

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69 points after I upvoted

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60 points

I heard someone saying something along the lines of “a bolt is tightened until the thread breaks and then half a turn back”

Some really take that as an advice

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Pretty sure I heard AvE say “tighten it 'til you hear the crack, then back it off a quarter turn” in one of his videos ;'D

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26 points

I’m personally a fan of “that bolt has ugga’ed its last dugga.”

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7 points

Another one we said in my old shop was “Tighten till it loosens, then back off half a turn”

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Torque to yield, then back a quarter turn.

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9 points

It’s a quarter twist before snapping of.

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Man living in a 120 year old house means it’s always wall roulette any time you want to hang anything. Is that a brick, or is it fake mortar with the consistency of hummus. Who knows let’s find out

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I assume Humous is hummus?

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Oops yup wrong kind of hummus

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It’s a transliteration of an Arabic word, you can spell it with different vowel combinations.

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I was just asking for clarification

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22 points

Surprise, it’s “C”: a forgotten piece of romex on a 20A breaker.

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No, it’s “D”: The cable that goes to your lights in the kitchen two rooms farther but some idiot decided to run it through the walls taking the scenic route.

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No no that’s the proper way to do it to maximise errrr likelihood of future damage by drilling

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Helicoil thread repair kits. Allowing me to escape the expensive consequences of my mistakes for years and counting.

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14 points

The F150 used to come standard with a set

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6 points

Probably for the damn plugs in those…

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