There is another way.
My tire shop screwed up Left Hand Lug Bolts on my 56 Dodge & the Manager who
wrote the order wrote "left hand lugs nuts on drivers side" at my request then
got busy & failed to tell the worker to remember the left hand threads on the
drivers side, ruining one wasn't enough so the worker ruined all five on the
front wheel before telling his Boss he couldn't get the nuts off.
We got that worked out & he offered to pay to have the left hand bolts replaced
if I knew where to take the drums, which I did.
I know the owner of the brake repair machine shop in another town & I knew he
had lug bolts, nuts & a swedging machine..........Bingo, I now have Right hand
threads on the drivers side of my 56 Dodge & will soon have the same on the
drivers side of the 56 Imperial. Cost for bolts, nuts & swedging was $13.00 per
drum.
With the young people working in today's tire shops it seemed to me like the
thing to do.
Bill & Jan McPheeters, Shaver Lake, Ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 9:08 AM
Subject: IML: Left Handed Lug Wrenches Was:" 62 Imp bumper jack"
> The left hand threads were used on the left side of the car, and the end of
> the stud or the head of the bolt will have an "L" stamped into it.
>
> If you have such a car, be sure to have the service manager write this
> information on the work order when you have any work done at a shop where
> the mechanics still have color in their hair. They won't have ever seen
> such a thing as a left handed lug nut, and they will crank away with their
> 200 foot-pound air impact wrench until they have stripped all your drum
> threads - then tell you you have to buy a new drum. Been there -= done
> that!
>
> I also write it in fluorescent yellow lacquer inside the hub caps on my
> cars with left handed threads! Still, you have to watch them - the habits
> of a lifetime are hard to break. If you hear some mechanic ratcheting away
> on your wheel nuts, shout at him to stop!.
> Dick Benjamin
>
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