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<div style="direction:ltr">I've seen plenty of right nuts and left nuts on TV recently. Shame that none of them appear as useful as a lug nut.</div>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Triumphs <triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Michael Marr <mmarr@albiontechnical.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 22, 2017 1:07:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> dave; triumphs@autox.team.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] TR2/3 wire wheel adapters - frightening experience.</font>
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<div class="PlainText">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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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Triumphs [<a href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] On Behalf Of dave<br>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 8:06 AM<br>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net<br>
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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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Triumphs [<a 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 <fogbro1@comcast.net><br>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net; Randall <TR3driver@ca.rr.com><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 <fogbro1@comcast.net> 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>
><br>
><br>
> What's the difference?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Ed Woods<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> On August 21, 2017 at 1:54 PM Randall <TR3driver@ca.rr.com> 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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