left and right handed threads???

Question

what was the reason that some vehicles in the 60"s and 70"s had left handed threads on one side of vehicle and right handed threads on the other side? these were located on the wheels

Answer 1

that was for the tires to keep from chunking the lug nuts off. supossedly the rotational force would keep the lug nuts tight. as you can see more modern vehicles, except big trucks are all right hand threads.

Answer 2

Chrysler made the wheel nuts left-hand thread on the driver's side of the car for some years, the idea being as you drove down the road the wheel nuts would tighten themselves up instead of loosening themselves up. The idea being that there'd be no risk of having the wheel nuts fly off.

Answer 3

Mopar did this in the late 60's and early 70's to make the lug nuts tighten up as the tire rotation got faster the lug nuts would get tighter.

Answer 4

Fred left hand threads dont returned off with vibration ideal hand do. maximum left hand threads basically get tighter with the vibration. if proporly tightened of direction a ideal hand thread is totally high-quality lots of it has to do with the rotation of the wheel. the reason all vehicles arent completed this way is price. its far cheeper to do all axles the comparable. circumvent did the comparable with the lug nuts for some years. I dont comprehend if it nonetheless does however.

Answer 5

yes Chrysler did that , it was so my buddy Joel would snap the lug nuts off that side of his car , but seriously it was to keep that side tight , I'll bet "dodge guy" has a few hundred stories to tell about this oddity alone.

Answer 6

To help prevent the wheeel retaining nuts coming loose due to wheel rotation .All comercial vechicles still use the system.Mick.