RE: [Chrysler300] Right hand, left hand.

[Mark Souders <souders@xxxx>]

Maaaaannnnnn !!!!!!
Just when I thought I understood this mess, somebody throws in that lefty
loosy thing.

All kidding aside, I've had about 25 Mopars 61 thru 74, over the years and
I've never had one with the left hand studs on the right side. I did,
however, have a broken stud on my 69 Dart because a "long-time" Mopar
mechanic forgot about the left hand lugs when he rebuilt the rear end. And
that was just this past spring! 

Also, when you take your car to the shop and they put 400 foot pounds of
torque on those lugs, it doesn't matter if they're left or right handed or
cross-threaded, those wheels aren't coming off.

Mark


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tony Rinaldi [SMTP:awrdoc@xxxx]
> Sent:	Monday, November 11, 2002 2:57 PM
> To:	Marshall Larson; Chrysler 300 Club
> Subject:	Re: [Chrysler300] Right hand, left hand.
> 
> Geez,
> 
> You guys are confusing my son. He is still working on ³Righty tighty,
> lefty
> loosy². Better keep him away from my lug nuts. Well he does have a 50%
> chance of getting it right any way.
> 
> Tony
> 
> Ps Kidding aside, all of the studs have been changed on my ³60 to righty
> tighty, lefty loosy over the years.
> > 
> > From: Marshall Larson <yelof@xxxx>
> > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 11:50:23 -0600
> > To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [Chrysler300] Right hand, left hand.
> > 
> 
> > The tightening action occurs under braking. Most cars on the road
> cannot
> > spin their wheels on dry pavement but the spinning wheel assembly can be
> > stopped in less than two seconds no matter what the speed. The rotating
> > lug nuts want to continue to rotate, thus tightening may take place.
> > This is the reason most trucks use right and left lug nuts. When a
> wheel
> > assembly leaves a moving truck it can easily become a lethal weapon.
> > 
> > Marshall  
> > 
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