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Originally Posted by jac mac  You know, after thinking on this overnite the only logical reason to use the LHT/RHS-RHT/LHS is to avoid the self tightening feature when alloy wheels are used. With the steel wheels as indicated in the Elan example the wheel center will flex slightly & preload the nut as it is tightened. With the alloy wheel this wont happen to any large degree which explains the large torque figures being quoted for the spinner/nut. That is one other concern I have on this thread, please take into consideration - thread pitch, wheel/nut taper, and materials before using a suggested higher torque value. As Fran would say ''Apples for Apples".
Jac Mac |
Nothing like having a bob both ways Jac Mac!
Do you no longer give credence to the statement in your attachment that
"it is known that at least one GT40 suffered in the 1970's from extreme wheel loosening problems because the hubs had been fitted on the wrong sides"?
"Avoiding self tightening" in actual fact means "promoting self loosening...." Not sure I would want to do that.
I also think that forty years down the track there may well be quite a few well intentioned souls who have decided that some tosser has put the hubs on the wrong sides on their original GT40's and so have swapped them back to the "traditional" MG/Jag/Triumph configuration. So even by referring to original cars we don't really know where we are then, do we?
Cheers