--- Dick Benjamin <dickb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Many of these older MOPARs have left handed threads
> on the left side of the
> car. When you take your car to a shop where the
> mechanics were born
> yesterday, you have to point this out to the shop
> supervisor - I always have
> him write it on the work order in large print.
Partly because of this factor, as well as observing
the guys at the tire shops who always torque the hell
out of the lugs when installing the tires, I no longer
let any shop put the wheels back on any of my cars.
If new tires are in order, I take the wheels in to the
shop for tire mounting and balancing, then take them
back home to install on the car and torque correctly
by hand using a torque wrench. That little bit of
extra time and effort is much easier and cheaper than
replacing warped drums and rotors!
Another suggestion -- for the wheels with left-hand
threaded lugs, put a piece of masking tape on the
fender right above the wheel with "LEFT-HANDED
THREADS" or the equivalent in BIG letters. If nothing
else, this will at least slow Mongo down long enough
to ask what that's supposed to mean.
And, just for the trivia minded among us, 1970 was the
last year for Imperial to have left-handed threads on
the driver's side.
Elijah
1965 Imperial LeBaron
1970 Imperial LeBaron
(3) 1971 Imperial LeBarons
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