Should be a simple question... Lefty loosey,

[The Chairman]

righty tighty.

Ok, back to the basics here! I am trying to loosen the nut on one of the pipes on my oven to have the safety valve repaired. L BUT how do you know which side is lefty? Loosey is different when I approach it from different angles, the counter-clockwise direction changes.

Basically, I have a valve where the pipe fits into the valve, and then is tightened with a nut. It is quite old, and neither way loosens it smoothly. I don't want to labor for a while only to find that I have tightened it even further, nor do I want to accidentally over tighten and break anything.

Any tips?

Thanks,

Ryan

[I-zheet M'drurz]

As you view it from above or behind. Imagine the pipe not being there, you want ot be looking into the fitting, not backwards into it from the mating piece.

[Bob]