LH thread lug nuts

["DR CHALLENGER" <drchallenger@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

the drivers side are the LH ones


>From: Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: Re: IML: LH thread lug nuts
>Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 11:52:14 -0600
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>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
> >
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