LH thread lug nuts

[StadtApoAchern@xxxxxxxxxxx (Dietmar Frensemeyer)]

Always lock against the driving direction and unlock in the driving
direction othwerwise you will become a looser. Lock to the rear - loose to
the front.
dietmar frensemeyer
europe
1960 crown fds



-----Original Message-----
From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark McDonald
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 7:52 PM
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Subject: Re: IML: LH thread lug nuts

Can someone explain this to me again?  I always forget.  On the driver's
side, it's clockwise to tighten, counter-clockwise to loosen.

On the pass. side, it's clockwise to loosen, counter-clockwise to tighten?

Has someone got a little rhyme to help us remember?

Mark

Peter Engel wrote:

> 1970 was the last year for LH thread lug nuts on the RH side of the
> car.  For 1971 all lug nuts were RH thread.
> Although I have worked on these cars for over 20 years, I screwed up
> when trying to remove a RH wheel on a 65 Polara this past weekend.  I'm
> busting my guts to crack the first nut loose and trying to fingure out
> why it's so tight.  Then -- DOH!!! -- the source of the "problem" dawns
> on me.
>
> Pete in PA
>