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<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Michael Marr <mmarr@albiontechnical.com><br>
To: dave <dave@ranteer.com>; triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Tue, Aug 22, 2017 3:42 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR2/3 wire wheel adapters - frightening experience.<br>
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Most of us are equipped with right- and left-hand nuts, except Hitler, if you believe the old song...<br>
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Mike<br>
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From: Triumphs [<a removedlink__b3a63a39-cff4-4ba9-b711-b283e545c37d__href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net?">mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] On Behalf Of dave<br>
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Subject: Re: [TR] TR2/3 wire wheel adapters - frightening experience.<br>
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My 63 buick also has handed nuts<br>
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From: Triumphs [<a removedlink__b3a63a39-cff4-4ba9-b711-b283e545c37d__href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net?">mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] On Behalf Of Hoyt Duff<br>
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 5:16 PM<br>
To: EDWARD WOODS <<a removedlink__b3a63a39-cff4-4ba9-b711-b283e545c37d__href="mailto:fogbro1@comcast.net">fogbro1@comcast.net</a>><br>
Cc: <a removedlink__b3a63a39-cff4-4ba9-b711-b283e545c37d__href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>; Randall <<a removedlink__b3a63a39-cff4-4ba9-b711-b283e545c37d__href="mailto:TR3driver@ca.rr.com">TR3driver@ca.rr.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR2/3 wire wheel adapters - frightening experience.<br>
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IIRC, MOPARS had left- and right-handed lug nuts.<br>
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On 8/21/17, EDWARD WOODS <<a removedlink__b3a63a39-cff4-4ba9-b711-b283e545c37d__href="mailto:fogbro1@comcast.net">fogbro1@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Randall,<br>
><br>
><br>
> That being the case, then why are wire wheel nuts R/H thread on the <br>
> left side and L/H thread on the right side of the car? Not trying to <br>
> be a<br>
smart<br>
> ass, just puzzled. Wire wheel nuts are self tightening, aren't they?<br>
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> What's the difference?<br>
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> Ed Woods<br>
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>><br>
>> On August 21, 2017 at 1:54 PM Randall <<a removedlink__b3a63a39-cff4-4ba9-b711-b283e545c37d__href="mailto:TR3driver@ca.rr.com">TR3driver@ca.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> > ><br>
>> > Clearly a case of needing to do more routine checking -<br>
>> > especially when<br>
>> > it comes to wheels. Can't figure out why the nuts backed <br>
>> > off<br>
>> ><br>
>> > * I think<br>
>> > Loctite would be a good idea here.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > ><br>
>> I'm not sure about Loctite, but it is definitely important to <br>
>> torque those<br>
>> funky double-taper nuts to 65 ft-lb (not the 50 ft-lb used for <br>
>> regular lug<br>
>> nuts). Not just any time you have them off, but every year as <br>
>> part of your<br>
>> annual wire wheel maintenance (IMO).<br>
>><br>
>> The physics is a bit hard to explain, but basically because they <br>
>> are right<br>
>> hand threads on the left hand side; any tiny bit of motion will <br>
>> eventually<br>
>> unscrew the nut!<br>
>><br>
>> I had the same thing happen with Dad's TR3A many decades ago, <br>
>> except I was<br>
>> fortunate enough to notice the squirrely handling caused by the <br>
>> adapter<br>
>> being almost off the studs before the wheel actually parted company.<br>
>> Just<br>
>> pure luck that two of the nuts were still on the threads when I <br>
>> took an exit<br>
>> ramp rather faster than I should have.<br>
>><br>
>> Then the same thing happened again, same car, just a few years ago.<br>
>> That<br>
>> time the wheel did come off, taking the fender with it.<br>
>><br>
>> -- Randall<br>
>><br>
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