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Big-Foot · 10-17-07, 08:46 PM

Hi Guys,

Great info so far and I hope others chime in as well!

I'm wondering which is the proper thread for left -vs- right now...

If you look at the Chrysler Corporation cars of the mid 60's, they used Left hand threads on the lug nuts/studs on the left side of the car. These rotated counter(anti)Clockwise to tighten them.
This was supposed to be to counter the rotational forces that "supposedly" caused left-side lug nuts to come loose on cars. Odd that they abandoned the practice in the late 60's..

So - Which way is the "Correct" way on our cars?

10-17-07, 08:46 PM	#15 (permalink)
Big-Foot Big-Foot Gold Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN GT40: RCR40 - #45 Posts: 1,528 Rep Power: 21	Re: Care & Feeding of Knock-Off / On wheels Hi Guys, Great info so far and I hope others chime in as well! I'm wondering which is the proper thread for left -vs- right now... If you look at the Chrysler Corporation cars of the mid 60's, they used Left hand threads on the lug nuts/studs on the left side of the car. These rotated counter(anti)Clockwise to tighten them. This was supposed to be to counter the rotational forces that "supposedly" caused left-side lug nuts to come loose on cars. Odd that they abandoned the practice in the late 60's.. So - Which way is the "Correct" way on our cars? __________________ Regards - Randy GT40 RCR40 #45 G50-331-Weber IDAs My build site: http://www.GT-Forty.com