[TR] TR2/3 wire wheel adapters - frightening experience.

[Hoyt Duff]

IIRC, MOPARS had left- and right-handed lug nuts.

On 8/21/17, EDWARD WOODS <fogbro1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Randall,
>
>
> That being the case, then why are wire wheel nuts R/H thread on the left
> side and L/H thread on the right side of the car? Not trying to be a smart
> ass, just puzzled.   Wire wheel nuts are self tightening, aren't they?
>
>
> What's the difference?
>
>
> Ed Woods
>
>>
>>     On August 21, 2017 at 1:54 PM Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>         > >
>> >         Clearly a case of needing to do more routine checking -
>> >         especially when
>> >         it comes to wheels. Can't figure out why the nuts backed off
>> >
>> >             * I think
>> >               Loctite would be a good idea here.
>> >
>> >     >
>>     I'm not sure about Loctite, but it is definitely important to torque
>> those
>>     funky double-taper nuts to 65 ft-lb (not the 50 ft-lb used for regular
>> lug
>>     nuts). Not just any time you have them off, but every year as part of
>> your
>>     annual wire wheel maintenance (IMO).
>>
>>     The physics is a bit hard to explain, but basically because they are
>> right
>>     hand threads on the left hand side; any tiny bit of motion will
>> eventually
>>     unscrew the nut!
>>
>>     I had the same thing happen with Dad's TR3A many decades ago, except I
>> was
>>     fortunate enough to notice the squirrely handling caused by the
>> adapter
>>     being almost off the studs before the wheel actually parted company.
>> Just
>>     pure luck that two of the nuts were still on the threads when I took
>> an exit
>>     ramp rather faster than I should have.
>>
>>     Then the same thing happened again, same car, just a few years ago.
>> That
>>     time the wheel did come off, taking the fender with it.
>>
>>     -- Randall
>>
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