[Roadsters] Product recommendation

[Thomas Thompson]

There is no record of anyone else doing that. I was reading that Chrysler 
turned out the last cars with driver side reverse threads in 1970. It sounds 
like it was a mistake to begin with, when someone ordered several million 
left-hand thread studs by accident. Of course, the knockoffs on my '67 
E-type Jaguar have reverse threads on the right side to keep them from 
spinning off with forward motion, but it made no sense for lug nuts.
TT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow at comcast.net>
To: "'Thomas Thompson'" <tommy at dcwisp.net>; "'Roadster List'" 
<datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 11:07 PM
Subject: RE: [Roadsters] Product recommendation


> Good point. I remember that now, I used to have a 1963 Plymouth.
>
> Does anyone know if any car manufacturers still do that?
>
> Gordon Glasgow
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Thompson [mailto:tommy at dcwisp.net]
> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 10:48 PM
> To: Gordon Glasgow; Roadster List
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Product recommendation
>
> Gordon--I was the stockroom/delivery boy for a drug store  in Coeur 
> d'Alene
> in the 60's. One day I stopped to help a couple of elderly women with a 
> left
> rear flat on their 60's Chrysler (it was like the scene in 'Groundhog Day'
> when Phil Connors jacks up the car with the old women inside). I was
> literally jumping on the four-way lug wrench unable to loosen the first 
> lug
> nut, when I remembered hearing the studs on the driver's side wheels had
> left hand threads on those cars! We all hung out in gas stations with lift
> bays back in those days, and little threads of knowledge were always
> creeping into our teenage brains. I stomped on the other side of the 
> wrench
> and Voila! I'm glad I was not able to put 280 lb/ft of tightening torque 
> on
> that first nut! Anyhow, looks like a cool tool. Thanks for the link.
> TT
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow at comcast.net>
> To: "Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 5:34 PM
> Subject: [Roadsters] Product recommendation
>
>
>> Background: A few years ago while we were on our way to Shasta, we
>> encountered an elderly couple stopped on the side of the freeway with
>> a flat tire. We decided to stop and help them, especially since I had
>> all my tools with me. But I had a great deal of difficulty breaking
>> the lug nuts loose.
>> I
>> was literally standing on the end of my 1/2" breaker bar, and I'm not
>> exactly light. I finally got them loose by BOUNCING on the end of the 
>> bar.
>> I
>> don't know what gorilla at the tire store put those on, but geez!
>>
>>
>>
>> Recently I saw a product listed in the Northern Tool & Equipment
>> catalog that looked promising. It was a 1/2" drive impact wrench that
>> runs on 12v from the cigarette lighter. It claimed that it could
>> generate 280 lb/ft of torque! Santa was kind enough to get it for me,
>> and I finally got a chance to try it out.
>>
>>
>>
>> At first I thought it wasn't working, because I'd put it on a lug nut,
>> pull the trigger and nothing would happen. Noise, but no torque at
>> all. Well, okay, I hadn't read the directions. Turns out it doesn't
>> work like a regular impact wrench. It has some sort of spinning weight
>> internally that has to build up momentum before it delivers a whack.
>> So it goes spin-spin-spin-WHACK! spin-spin-spin-WHACK! But after the
>> third whack, it actually broke the lug nut loose on my Maxima, and I
>> torque those to 90 lb/ft. Cool!
>>
>>
>>
>> The only down-side that I found was that the socket supplied with the
>> gun is too fat to fit into the recesses on the wheels on the Maxima,
>> so I'll have to carry a different socket in the carrying case. This
>> thing is definitely going in the trunk for the next road trip.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best part is, it's only $47.99.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200479025_200479025
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Gordon Glasgow
>>
>> Renton, WA
>>
>> www.gordon-glasgow.org
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