From: Buck & Rami Sharp (bls@inebraska.com)
Date: Mon Jun 30 2003 - 11:50:36 PDT
what? every old vehicle i own it is the left side with the left hand
threads or the drivers side the lug nut or nuts should have a L on them
also. so its not the passenger side dont twist them off. passenger side has
right hand threads unless you have something really weird. i have lots of
vehicles and lots of tire experience i own my own tire equipment and do
tires for spare money
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Thiers" <dangercat@onemain.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Backwards Threading
> Hi Aaron,
> The passenger side is the side that should have the Left Hand threads.
> Rick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Horrocks, Aaron" <ACHb@pge.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:17 AM
> Subject: [MV] Backwards Threading
>
>
> Military Vehicles Mailing List,
>
> What side of an early 50s jeep's wheel lug nuts are "left-handed"
> (backwards) threaded? I ask because mine got screwed up, by me, and some
> time in the near future I'll be making a trip down to the central/lower
> areas of california with a fellow lister, Jim Newton, who found some M38A1
> axles on a pallet for a good price. It's good to have a friend with the
same
> addiction. Er, I mean hobby.
> The rear axle on my jeep still leaks. I've replaced everything on it, but
> the axle itself! I want to get the axles right when I get these new
> replacement/spare parts.
>
>
> Background story...
>
> Back in late 01' and early '02 I had my jeep totally torn down, and I was
> rebuilding the axles. I had to take them to some local jeep experts to get
> them to remove the bearing retainers. (hey you need special tools for that
> stuff!)
>
> I had the axels torn apart on separate tables with all the parts neatly
laid
> out so they could go back into the same location. However, when I got the
> axels back from the local shop, I forgot about which way the axle was
> facing! on one of them, I screwed up, literally!
>
> They say there's no such thing as a stupid question...
>
> Anyhow what I'm left with now is this:
> Right-hand thread: front drivers, rear passenger
> Left-hand "backwards" threads: front passenger, rear driver
>
> Thanks for your time and answers in advance!
>
> Aaron Horrocks
> 1952 M38A1
>
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