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Re: What is LEFT OFF SIDE

To: zahid@serval.sps.mot.com
Subject: Re: What is LEFT OFF SIDE
From: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 10:10:20 pdt
> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 11:12:55 CDT
> From: zahid@serval.sps.mot.com (Zahid Ahsanullah)
> To: british-cars@hoosier.cs.utah.edu
> Subject: What is LEFT OFF SIDE
> 
> My E-Type's rear driver side wire wheel came off
> recently while I was driving, the knock off head
> apparantly came undone. Fortunately I was
> just starting from a stop light so there was very little
> damage. Looking at the instruction on the knock off head
> I noticed it said LEFT NEAR SIDE (LNS), apparantly meaning
> one side of the car or the other. The Bentley manual
> and Haynes have nothing to say about this and since it came off,
> I assume that the thing must have been on the wrong side.

No way.  The off-side (right) has left-hand threads.  Each set of
knock-offs will only screw on one side.  More likely the one that
came on wasn't tight enough or something is damaged.

Roland

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