> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:42:48 CDT
> From: "Andrew C. Green" <acg@hermes.dlogics.com>
> To: british-cars@autox.team.net
> Cc: acg@hermes.dlogics.com
> Subject: Re: Re: What is LEFT OFF SIDE
>
> Roland (cobra@cdc.hp.com) writes:
> > ...since then I have had an unsettling thought (at least for Zahid). Is it
> > possible to interchange the hubs? Perhaps some PO did (or had) work
> > done on the rear diff/axle assembly and it was put together incorrectly.
> > If the hubs are interchanged then torque would tend to loosen the
> > knock-offs.
>
> Agreed. Zahid, you should find that both knockoffs on the left side are
> labeled "Left", and of course the right side ones are both labeled "Right".
> If the REAR hub on either side of the car is not threaded in the same dir-
> ection as the FRONT hub on the same side, the rear axle hubs must have been
> put back on the wrong sides. Roland, can we assume that the front hubs are
> not interchangeable, so the fronts MUST be correct, but the backs MIGHT be
> wrong?
On my snake both right-side hubs have left-hand threads. I assume
that's standard for Brit car knock-offs.
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