The rear axle nut on the left side is a left hand thread. The one on my
Midget did not have any marking stamped on it, and the book didn't say
anything about it being LH thread. Ergo, I torqued hell out of it until I
stripped it. Fortunately, I was able to thread it back on with a little
Loktite. After 5 years and 20,000 miles, it's still hanging in there.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
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> From: hello39@idt.net
> To: Ron Madurski <rmadursk@galaxy.galstar.com>
> Cc: mrbugeye@hotmail.com; spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: Left hand threads
> Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 11:18 AM
>
> If I'm not mistaken, I remember a "LH" stamped on the side of the nut
also
> Alan
>
> Ron Madurski wrote:
>
> > :
> > :
> > :Shawn,
> > :Sounds to me like it's leaking around the oilseal that is on the
inside
> > :of the hub. You will need to remove the hub to replace it, just
remember
> > :that one side is RH thread and the other LH, I can never remember
which
> > :is which. Might just want to go ahead and replace the bearing while
you
> >
> > I never "remember" which is which. But it is easy to figure out. The
> > reason that LH threads are used it to keep the rotation of the part
from
> > loosening the fastener. So if the axle rotates primarily clockwise
that
> > is the direction that the fastener will be tightened. Use a
> > counter-clockwise torque to loosen it. Other common places for this to
> > occur is tensioner pulleys, water pumps, Alternators, and transfer
> > cases.
> >
> > Just an observation that makes for one less thing to remember.
> >
> > --
> > Ron Madurski
> > rmadursk@galstar.com
>
>
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