<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503439085974_4883"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503439085974_4882">the Albert hall?</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503439085974_4881"><span>Frank</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503439085974_4880"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503439085974_4820" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503439085974_4819"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503439085974_4818"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503439085974_4878"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503439085974_4877"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503439085974_4879"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Michael Marr <mmarr@albiontechnical.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> dave <dave@ranteer.com>; "triumphs@autox.team.net" <triumphs@autox.team.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 22, 2017 1:48 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [TR] TR2/3 wire wheel adapters - frightening experience.<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503439085974_4817"><br><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503439085974_4816">Most of us are equipped with right- and left-hand nuts, except Hitler, if you believe the old song...<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Mike<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-----Original Message-----<br clear="none">From: Triumphs [mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503439085974_4815">triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] On Behalf Of dave<br clear="none">Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 8:06 AM<br clear="none">To: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1503439085974_4888">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br clear="none">Subject: Re: [TR] TR2/3 wire wheel adapters - frightening experience.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">My 63 buick also has handed nuts<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-----Original Message-----<br clear="none">From: Triumphs [mailto:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net">triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] On Behalf Of Hoyt Duff<br clear="none">Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 5:16 PM<br clear="none">To: EDWARD WOODS <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:fogbro1@comcast.net" href="mailto:fogbro1@comcast.net">fogbro1@comcast.net</a>><br clear="none">Cc: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>; Randall <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:TR3driver@ca.rr.com" href="mailto:TR3driver@ca.rr.com">TR3driver@ca.rr.com</a>><br clear="none">Subject: Re: [TR] TR2/3 wire wheel adapters - frightening experience.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">IIRC, MOPARS had left- and right-handed lug nuts.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 8/21/17, EDWARD WOODS <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:fogbro1@comcast.net" href="mailto:fogbro1@comcast.net">fogbro1@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> Randall,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> That being the case, then why are wire wheel nuts R/H thread on the <br clear="none">> left side and L/H thread on the right side of the car? Not trying to <br clear="none">> be a<br clear="none">smart<br clear="none">> ass, just puzzled. Wire wheel nuts are self tightening, aren't they?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> What's the difference?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Ed Woods<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> On August 21, 2017 at 1:54 PM Randall <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:TR3driver@ca.rr.com" href="mailto:TR3driver@ca.rr.com">TR3driver@ca.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> > ><br clear="none">>> > Clearly a case of needing to do more routine checking -<br clear="none">>> > especially when<br clear="none">>> > it comes to wheels. Can't figure out why the nuts backed <br clear="none">>> > off<br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> > * I think<br clear="none">>> > Loctite would be a good idea here.<br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> > ><br clear="none">>> I'm not sure about Loctite, but it is definitely important to <br clear="none">>> torque those<br clear="none">>> funky double-taper nuts to 65 ft-lb (not the 50 ft-lb used for <br clear="none">>> regular lug<br clear="none">>> nuts). Not just any time you have them off, but every year as <br clear="none">>> part of your<br clear="none">>> annual wire wheel maintenance (IMO).<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> The physics is a bit hard to explain, but basically because they <br clear="none">>> are right<br clear="none">>> hand threads on the left hand side; any tiny bit of motion will <br clear="none">>> eventually<br clear="none">>> unscrew the nut!<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> I had the same thing happen with Dad's TR3A many decades ago, <br clear="none">>> except I was<br clear="none">>> fortunate enough to notice the squirrely handling caused by the <br clear="none">>> adapter<br clear="none">>> being almost off the studs before the wheel actually parted company.<br clear="none">>> Just<br clear="none">>> pure luck that two of the nuts were still on the threads when I <br clear="none">>> took an exit<br clear="none">>> ramp rather faster than I should have.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Then the same thing happened again, same car, just a few years ago.<br clear="none">>> That<br clear="none">>> time the wheel did come off, taking the fender with it.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> -- Randall<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> ** <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Donate: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">>> Archive: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br clear="none">>> Forums: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br clear="none">>> Unsubscribe/Manage:<br clear="none">>> <a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/fogbro1@comcast.net" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/fogbro1@comcast.net</a><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">--<br clear="none">--<br clear="none">Hoyt<br clear="none"><br clear="none">** <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Donate: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">Archive: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br clear="none">Forums: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br clear="none">Unsubscribe/Manage:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/dave@ranteer.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/dave@ranteer.com</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">** <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Donate: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">Archive: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br clear="none">Forums: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br clear="none">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/mmarr@albiontechnical.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/mmarr@albiontechnical.com</a><div class="yqt5118330748" id="yqtfd16322"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">** <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Donate: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">Archive: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br clear="none">Forums: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br clear="none">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/yellowtr3@yahoo.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/yellowtr3@yahoo.com</a><br clear="none"></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>