A mnemonic used to recall the direction a spanner must turn to either tighten or loosen a bolt.
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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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The phrase "lefty loosey, righty tighty" can be translated to German as "links los, rechts fest."

maldekstra maldika, righty tighty

zurdo flojo, derecho apretado

gaucher ample, droit serré

lefty loosey, righty tighty

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