jquery - delayed addclass/remove class function not working

Question

what am I doing wroing here?

$(function() {
$('ul li:nth-child(1)').addClass("go").delay(4500).removeClass("go");
$('ul li:nth-child(2)').addClass("go").delay(1500).removeClass("go");
$('ul li:nth-child(3)').addClass("go").delay(500).removeClass("go");
$('ul li:nth-child(4)').addClass("go").delay(4500).removeClass("go");
$('ul li:nth-child(5)').addClass("go").delay(1000).removeClass("go");
});

Answer 1

Just to add, you can use a .queue:

$('ul li:nth-child(1)').addClass("go")
                       .delay(4500)
                       .queue(function() {
                           $(this).removeClass("go");
                           $(this).dequeue();
                       });