Archive for The Unofficial Mamod and Other Steam Forum The Original Unofficial Toy Steam Forum Established 2006 The biggest, most popular steam forum around! Accept NO imitations! We have a growing community of regular posting members who chat about all aspects of toy and model steam.          The Unofficial Mamod and Other Steam Forum Forum Index -> Off topic board mc_mc Darwin Award Nomination This guy tried hard to remove himself from the gene pool: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7091904.stm When I next get a stuck safety valve I'll have to remember not to borrow my mate's shotgun. Atticman I managed to sheer a nut off my wheel when changing it, thought it was odd that the nut seemed to be getting stiffer- DUH was tightening it up!! Could have turned a gun on myself at that moment tmuir Atticman wrote: I managed to sheer a nut off my wheel when changing it, thought it was odd that the nut seemed to be getting stiffer- DUH was tightening it up!! Could have turned a gun on myself at that moment I've known a couple of people that have done that before, don't worry you are not alone on that one. I've nearly done it myself too but realised before I did any permanent damage. Atticman Cost a fair bit to fix Had to have the drum replaced I think. MooseMan Lefty LOOSY Righty TIGHTY Mister Occlusion I'll have to send that one to my mechanic. The one who cuts rusted fuel tank straps with an oxy torch and who used a torch to heat up a stuck ball joint he was trying to remove and had it explode and ricochet off 2 walls. This'd be up his alley, though I expect he'd first try a cutting torch. The boss had a technique for last-ditch removal of stuck and rounded lug nuts. Involved something like drilling out the middle of the stud as large as he could, sticking a rod in and working it carefully until the stud broke.. bessytractor ooopss johnreid Quote: Lefty LOOSY Righty TIGHTY LOL I used to own a Ford F350 and the threads on the Lug Nuts on the left side of the truck were reverse threaded so as I tried to remove one it just kept getting worse Griffin Re: Darwin Award Nomination mc_mc wrote: This guy tried hard to remove himself from the gene pool: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7091904.stm When I next get a stuck safety valve I'll have to remember not to borrow my mate's shotgun. Thats certainly a novel approach to freeing a "stuck" wheel nut The scary thing is I also know someone who would consider that method:shock: Griffin johnreid wrote: Quote: Lefty LOOSY Righty TIGHTY LOL I used to own a Ford F350 and the threads on the Lug Nuts on the left side of the truck were reverse threaded so as I tried to remove one it just kept getting worse John, it's the same over here, quite a few commercial vehicles have a left handed thread on the left side. Cranko johnreid wrote: Quote: Lefty LOOSY Righty TIGHTY LOL I used to own a Ford F350 and the threads on the Lug Nuts on the left side of the truck were reverse threaded so as I tried to remove one it just kept getting worse Thats becoming pretty much the norm now John        The Unofficial Mamod and Other Steam Forum Forum Index -> Off topic board Page 1 of 1