[DeTomaso] Which axles on which side?

[Larry Weston]

I can vouch for the fact that whenever I have come across left hand threads on wheels/hubs they always been on the left side of the car. My 1947 Dodge truck, for example, has left hand lug bolts on the left side, which sort of equates to a left hand threaded axle ( think big bolt?) on the left side of the car.

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> On May 20, 2016, at 4:29 PM, Douglas Kelm <dakelm at qwest.net> wrote:
> 
> Not dumb, but perceptive. The theory must be that there's a lot more accelerating (or forward momentum) going on than braking!
> Doug
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> 
> ________________________________________
> 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
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com]
> 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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