Left Hand Thread nuts!!

cadboy · Post by **cadboy** » Thu Jan 08, 15 7:46 am

Has anyone ever seen or come across a car with 3 wheels with standard Right Hand thread wheel nuts and one wheel with left hand thread nuts!!!!!!!!!

Strange but I found that one wheel on my car has this, and I managed to sheer one off when trying to undo it.

I have steel wheels with Acorn standard wheel nuts.

shovelheadrob · Post by **shovelheadrob** » Thu Jan 08, 15 8:03 am

Hi Ali, a lot of Mopars came with l/h thread on one side of the car, I'd guess that one wheel set has been changed already. Just change the remaining wheel studs it will make life easier in the future. .

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Thu Jan 08, 15 8:12 am

as said, originally, up to the early 70’s I think, they had lh thread stud’s/nuts on the lh side of the car, rh thread stud’s/nuts on the rh side of the car, my Charger is still like this

if you need any supplies nuts related, try Tim at ‘Raceways of Donnington’ 01283 517935

http://www.raceways.co.uk/Wheel_Nuts_an ... sories.htm

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Thu Jan 08, 15 1:30 pm

shovelheadrob wrote:Hi Ali, a lot of Mopars came with l/h thread on one side of the car, I'd guess that one wheel set has been changed already. Just change the remaining wheel studs it will make life easier in the future. .

Mine were already RHT but Jim had one shear off when he was doing the brake lines.....

Luckily id already got replacements.

Mine are Doorman (Rockauto). They are cheap to buy, so worth doing IMO!

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Thu Jan 08, 15 2:26 pm

Most yanks replace all the studs with rh threads, and i too had a car with 4 lh and one rh, and yes I boogered it up, and made a nice mess when I was done, I fought that thing for the whole day.

Get the doormans and change em out

cadboy · Post by **cadboy** » Thu Jan 08, 15 5:08 pm

So it was standard on the Mopars (well I never knew that)

It is the front wheel, driver side, so left side, the back on the same side has RH nuts.

Okay time to get the only one changed to RH, same as the others.

Cheers guys

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Thu Jan 08, 15 5:18 pm

Mu Fury was the same.... I painted info on the wheel under the hubcaps. Cos there are a lot of idiots out there in the Wheel and tire world.

Took it in for a safety, and they informed me one of my drums was warped. You can guess why!

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Thu Jan 08, 15 6:11 pm

pre-'70 the LHS (Drivers side) front and rear had LH wheel nuts..........

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Thu Jan 08, 15 6:36 pm

drewcrane wrote:i too had a car with 4 lh and one rh

I bet those 5 wheelers are rare these days

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Thu Jan 08, 15 6:46 pm

mopar_mark wrote:
drewcrane wrote:i too had a car with 4 lh and one rh
I bet those 5 wheelers are rare these days

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Thu Jan 08, 15 6:58 pm

Pre '73 on A bodies, very common to find a broken stud on a car that hasn't had the original LH studs swapped out as they are only 7/16".

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Thu Jan 08, 15 7:44 pm

Is it true that this system is still used on HGV's ?

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Thu Jan 08, 15 8:47 pm

It's not common but yes, I've come across it on the heavy stuff and vans as well, can't remember which ones though....

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Fri Jan 09, 15 12:05 pm

sombody swapped in an updated half shaft or started on the left rear broke it updated it and left the front alone

Dave

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Fri Jan 09, 15 12:40 pm

Dave999 wrote:sombody swapped in an updated half shaft or started on the left rear broke it updated it and left the front alone

Dave

They must think others that will work on the car in the future , will have x ray( vision(and flying cars), and see that front is different