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Post by muckerboy2205 on Jun 29, 2012 17:47:45 GMT
right guys i know this is a stupid question, but when undoing the sump plug, which way is it, i can never remember .
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Post by newell on Jun 29, 2012 18:10:04 GMT
Anti clockwise.
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Post by andymanhole780 on Jun 29, 2012 20:05:16 GMT
As the bolt is underneeth should it not be clock wise? my new helicoil is!
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Post by Sean on Jun 29, 2012 21:13:27 GMT
Basic laws of mechanical (but not gas!)screwing (!) in this country is always:
tighten clockwise
slacken anti clockwise
think of nuts and bolts...
Because it is underneath, try getting down there and lying on your back and look up.....just dont undo it all the way while you are down there....
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Post by newell on Jun 29, 2012 21:14:46 GMT
As the bolt is underneeth should it not be clock wise? my new helicoil is! Really! 
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Post by Sean on Jun 29, 2012 21:17:49 GMT
not everyone is as old and wise as you and I Obe'one'covertcodger one.  |
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Post by muckerboy2205 on Jun 29, 2012 22:46:29 GMT
thanks guys real help, sorry for asking a stupid question, must be me gettin senile .
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Post by neilmud Lord Protector on Jun 30, 2012 0:33:28 GMT
If you hold the bolt turn the bike clockwise Neil |
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Post by andymanhole780 on Jun 30, 2012 7:55:12 GMT
Righty tighty lefty loosey. Yeah my new helicoil is clockwise. perhaps a reverse thread?
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Post by edstone on Jun 30, 2012 11:03:08 GMT
Be careful with the thread lock it could pull your heli coil out
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Post by newell on Jun 30, 2012 11:24:20 GMT
"thanks guys real help, sorry for asking a stupid question, must be me gettin senile ." Apologies for being a miserable old git muckerboy. It's me age I'm afraid, I'm usually of a more sunny nature.  
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Post by Sean on Jun 30, 2012 12:29:39 GMT
If you hold the bolt turn the bike clockwise Neil ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by CD on Jul 2, 2012 19:32:03 GMT
Just think which way you want the bolt to move. The sump plug removes downwards so looking from above, the spanner needs to go clockwise.
Looking from below it would go anticlockwise, but who does that with a sump plug?
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