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

[Michael Marr]

Most of us are equipped with right- and left-hand nuts, except Hitler, if you believe the old song...

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of dave
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 8:06 AM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] TR2/3 wire wheel adapters - frightening experience.

My 63 buick also has handed nuts

-----Original Message-----
From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Hoyt Duff
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 5:16 PM
To: EDWARD WOODS <fogbro1 at comcast.net>
Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net; Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR2/3 wire wheel adapters - frightening experience.

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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