OK, Bill, but be a little wary. Those left handed lug nuts were there for a
reason. Double check your wheel lugs each time you put air in the tires,
especially if you are running radial tires - as they put more stress on the
wheel. Yes, I know modern cars don't bother about this anymore, but I also
know that I lost a wheel once for exactly this reason - the left side rear
drum had been changed to right hand lug bolts - and that damn thing worked
itself loose as I was going down a hill. I was astonished to look out the
side window to see my wheel passing me by on the downhill!.
Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill McPheeters" <janshaverlake@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 11:20 AM
Subject: IML: RIGHT HAND LUG BOLTS/STUDS----A BETTER WAY
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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