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Old 03-23-2022, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by JSchmitz View Post
Wha...wha..WHAT? Your terminology is confusing and wrong. Reverse threaded means left-hand threads. Period. It's not reverse threaded because if you stand on your head with one eye closed and and rub your belly it seems backward. It would only seem opposite of logic if you don't understand how it works. You are not helping the man understand how it works with your description.

Go back and read what I posted.

Originally Posted by NeighborsComplaint View Post
(it's reverse threaded so it's opposite of logic)

It's NOT reverse threaded.
You miss the point. It is an analogy. Not everyone has had a Holley Carb apart and understands the float responds to a lever so its motion is opposite of the direction of the needle and seat assembly.

Clockwise lowers the float/counterclockwise raises the float.

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