On 9/27/2020 4:31 PM, Puckdropper wrote:
Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote in
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On 9/24/2020 7:29 PM, Puckdropper wrote:

The old timers would tell me "if it won't turn, sometimes tightening
it will get the bolt moving and it'll come loose." Guess they
covered a stuck bolt and a reverse thread in one statement!

Puckdropper


Better to just try the other direction. LOL


I've seen it work--tightening the bolt works to get it moving then turning
it the other way removes it.

Puckdropper


Yes that absolutely works especially if the nut/bolt is kind'a rusted in
place.

But some times if you are not thinking, you don't know which way is
tightening and which is loosening.

So if it will not turn in the direction you first tried, trying in the
other direction is essentially tightening and then loosening or visa
versa. You end up doing both. ;~)