[DeTomaso] Which axles on which side?

[Julian Kift]

The axle nut is on there at 450 ft/lb but it is only keeping the axle tight in the inner race of the wheel bearings, rotational freedom being within the bearings and even though you are braking hard the axle is still rotating in a forward direction, plus the axle inner flange/half shaft is splined to the axle shaft and most of us do let of the gas when we brake!

Julian
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From: marshall smith <marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 1:16 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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 On Behalf
 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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