[DeTomaso] Which axles on which side?

Douglas Kelm dakelm at qwest.net
Fri May 20 16:29:38 EDT 2016


Not dumb, but perceptive. The theory must be that there's a lot more accelerating (or forward momentum) going on than braking!
Doug

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From: marshall smith [mailto:marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 3:17 PM
To: Douglas Kelm; 'Mike Drew'; detomaso at detomasolist.com; Julian Kift
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Which axles on which side?

Okay...really dumb question here. Wouldn't hard braking want to loosen the axle nut??

M
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On Fri, 5/20/16, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Which axles on which side?
 To: "Douglas Kelm" <dakelm at qwest.net>, "'Mike Drew'" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>, "detomaso at detomasolist.com" <detomaso at detomasolist.com>
 Date: Friday, May 20, 2016, 1:12 PM
 
 Doug,
 
 Remember the axle nut is on the inside of the  wheel in this case, if it were RH then the counter clockwise  motion of the axle would want to undo it!
 
 Julian
 
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 From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com>
 on behalf of Douglas Kelm <dakelm at qwest.net>
 Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:52 PM
 To: 'Mike Drew'; detomaso at detomasolist.com
 Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Which axles on which  side?
 
 I would think that
 the "righty tighty" threads (normal) go on the  left side  of the vehicle. Think of the nut  being stationary while the axle (on the  drivers side)  rotates counter clockwise  (looking from outside the car),  meaning the  nut wants to self tighten (rotate clockwise), which is  the  desired situation. Of course,  there's a 50/50 chance that I'm completely  full of "it"!
 
 Doug
 
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 From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com]
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 Of Mike Drew via DeTomaso
 Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:34 PM
 To: detomaso at detomasolist.com
 Subject: [DeTomaso] Which axles on which  side?
 
 Hi guys,
 
 I thought I would lead off
 with he first technical question on the new  forum.
 
 The
 rear axles are marked S and D, for 'left' and  'right' respectively. But  that  speaks to the thread direction (one of them is reverse  thread, left to
 tighten)
 
 It's my belief that the S or left-tighten  axle goes on the left side of the  car but I  can't remember for sure. Can somebody confirm or  deny?
 
 Thanks!
 
 And welcome back!
 
 Mike
 
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