Re: IML: Changing the Left to Right

[Tom H <tom_in_a2@xxxxxxxxx>]

This has been quite an interesting discussion. 
Actually I always thought the right-hand threads were
just one of those little eccentricities of Mopars
(apart from the engineering rationale), kind of like
how Ford used to have the ignition switch on the left
of the steering column.

--- Frederick Joslin <fljoslin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Nigel:
> 
> Disagreeing is fine.
> 
> I know why Chrysler used left hand threads on the
> driver's side. I was
> not aware of other makes that did, but most of my
> knowledge is 60's and
> 70's American vehicles. I grew up in England in the
> 60's but do not know
> much about the cars.
> 
> I just think that history has shown that it was not
> necessary to use left
> handed thread lug nuts. I would guess that the left
> hand threads have
> caused more problems than they "might" have solved.
> 
>  If I was an automotive engineer in the position of
> choosing whether to
> use left hand threaded lug nuts you would have to
> really prove to me that
> the right handed ones did not work. I lived in St
> Louis for ten years in
> the "Show Me State" and you would have to show me.  
> :)
> 
> Thanks.
> 


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