I can vouch for the fact that whenever I have come across left hand threads on wheels/hubs they always been on the left side of the car. My 1947 Dodge truck, for example, has left hand lug bolts on the left side, which sort of equates to a left hand threaded axle ( think big bolt?) on the left side of the car. Sent from my iPhone
On May 20, 2016, at 4:29 PM, Douglas Kelm <dakelm@qwest.net> wrote:
Not dumb, but perceptive. The theory must be that there's a lot more accelerating (or forward momentum) going on than braking! Doug
-----Original Message----- From: marshall smith [mailto:marshallgsmith@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 3:17 PM To: Douglas Kelm; 'Mike Drew'; detomaso@detomasolist.com; Julian Kift Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Which axles on which side?
Okay...really dumb question here. Wouldn't hard braking want to loosen the axle nut??
M -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 5/20/16, Julian Kift <julian_kift@hotmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Which axles on which side? To: "Douglas Kelm" <dakelm@qwest.net>, "'Mike Drew'" <MikeLDrew@aol.com>, "detomaso@detomasolist.com" <detomaso@detomasolist.com> Date: Friday, May 20, 2016, 1:12 PM
Doug,
Remember the axle nut is on the inside of the wheel in this case, if it were RH then the counter clockwise motion of the axle would want to undo it!
Julian
________________________________________ From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces@server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of Douglas Kelm <dakelm@qwest.net> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:52 PM To: 'Mike Drew'; detomaso@detomasolist.com Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Which axles on which side?
I would think that the "righty tighty" threads (normal) go on the left side of the vehicle. Think of the nut being stationary while the axle (on the drivers side) rotates counter clockwise (looking from outside the car), meaning the nut wants to self tighten (rotate clockwise), which is the desired situation. Of course, there's a 50/50 chance that I'm completely full of "it"!
Doug
-----Original Message----- From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces@server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf Of Mike Drew via DeTomaso Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:34 PM To: detomaso@detomasolist.com Subject: [DeTomaso] Which axles on which side?
Hi guys,
I thought I would lead off with he first technical question on the new forum.
The rear axles are marked S and D, for 'left' and 'right' respectively. But that speaks to the thread direction (one of them is reverse thread, left to tighten)
It's my belief that the S or left-tighten axle goes on the left side of the car but I can't remember for sure. Can somebody confirm or deny?
Thanks!
And welcome back!
Mike
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