LH thread lug nuts

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I think this is backwards.  Tighten in the forward driving direction of vehicle 
(both passenger and driver side) and loosen against the forward driving 
direction (reverse direction).  Dietmar, I am not saying here that you are a 
looser! ;)  Please, don't misunderstand me!

D^2

Quoting Dietmar Frensemeyer <StadtApoAchern@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Always lock against the driving direction and unlock in the driving
> direction othwerwise you will become a looser. Lock to the rear - loose
> to
> the front.
> dietmar frensemeyer
> europe
> 1960 crown fds
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark McDonald
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 7:52 PM
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: IML: LH thread lug nuts
> 
> 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
> >
> 
> 
>