> Sender: <acg@hermes.dlogics.com>
> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 11:54:17 CDT
> From: "Andrew C. Green" <acg@hermes.dlogics.com>
> To: british-cars@autox.team.net
> Cc: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
> Subject: Re: What is LEFT OFF SIDE
>
> Zahid (zahid@serval.sps.mot.com) writes:
> > it came off, I assume that the thing must have been on the wrong side.
>
> I will defer to any other Jag owners who may answer this, but generally
> speaking, "Near Side" is the curb side or passenger's side of the car, in
> England anyway, which is the left side. Hence the slightly redundant
> "Left Near Side". The opposite would therefore be "RIGHT OFF SIDE". What
> puzzles me here is that (going by my experience with my uncle's Alvis),
> the right/left labeling is required because the threads go in opposite
> directions on opposite sides, since obviously the wheels are turning in
> opposite directions and you want to keep the knockoffs tight. (The same
Earlier I posted nearly the same answer to Zahid's original question but
since then I have had an unsettling thought (at least for Zahid). Is it
possible to interchange the hubs? Perhaps some PO did (or had) work
done on the rear diff/axle assembly and it was put together incorrectly.
If the hubs are interchanged then torque would tend to loosen the
knock-offs. I think my snake has essentially the same rear-end and I'd
be hard pressed to tell the difference between the hubs by just a quick
look. As I mentioned earlier, the right side should have left-hand
threads. I assume this is so that torque on the wheel will tend to
tighten against the inertia of the knock-off.
Roland
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