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Re: Wire Wheel Nuts

To: "Carl McLelland" <carlynneracing@home.com>
Subject: Re: Wire Wheel Nuts
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 15:50:08 -0400
At 12:29 PM 5/17/2001 -0700, Carl McLelland wrote:
>What I discovered was that they tighten when
>driven. (This is due to the physics of the two curved, mating surfaces
>of the wheel and knockoff). If you reverse them they will loosen when
>driven!
>
>Print this and put it in your shop........
>
>        Left hand thread knockoffs on right side of car
>        Right hand thread knockoffs on left side of car

However, if you drive your car in reverse most of the time ....

Marc

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