However, the TD/TF thread question baffles me completely!
Left side front has left hand thread so that IF a wheel bearing seizes and
turns while the car is moving forward, the stub axle nut will be tightened
and the wheel remains on the car. Similarly, right side has a right hand
thread.
Rear axle nuts are both right hand as there is no possibility of the nut
being becoming loose by a hub turning as the hub is splined onto the axle.
Therefore, easier and more convenient to have the rear axle nuts right hand
threads.
Bob ,
Cheers,
Nigel
46 TC 0710
73 Triumph Trident
> As we all know, wire wheel knock-offs on the left side are right-hand
> thread
> and those on the right are left-hand. These orientations supposedly keep
> the knock-offs from loosening, particularly with heavy braking.
>
> Per the Workshop Manual, the axle nuts on the TD/TF are a different story.
> The left-front nut is left-hand thread, and the right-front nut is
> right-hand thread (page K.6). Both sides on the rear are right-hand
> thread
> (page H.5).
>
> Aside from dismissing it as being "typically British", does anyone know
> the
> reasoning for all this?
>
> Ben 54 TF 1500
>
>
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