[DeTomaso] Which axles on which side?
Joseph F. Byrd, Jr.
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Sat May 21 20:55:12 EDT 2016
A good reference to use would be an eye bolt rating chart
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Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 20:15 PM
To: Tomas Gunnarsson
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Which axles on which side?
Ok. Not sure about the physics of all of it, but if that's the case, there
are four of them.
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On May 21, 2016, at 5:14 PM, Tomas Gunnarsson <
<mailto:guson at home.se%3cmailto:guson at home.se>
guson at home.se<mailto:guson at home.se>> wrote:
A single six mm diameter screw itself is just about able to lift the weight
of the car.
Tomas
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Which axles on which side?
That being said, I have sometimes wondered about the faith we put in that
1/8" thick bearing retainer plate we secure with four six mm diameter
flathead screws. That seems like a weak link. Best not to think about it to
much I decided.
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 20, 2016, at 4:38 PM, Julian Kift <
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>
> 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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> 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
> --------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 5/20/16, Julian Kift <
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> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Which axles on which side?
> To: "Douglas Kelm" < <mailto:dakelm at qwest.net%3cmailto:dakelm at qwest.net>
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> 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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> 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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> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
Behalf Of Larry Weston
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 20:15 PM
To: Tomas Gunnarsson
Cc: detomaso at detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Which axles on which side?
Ok. Not sure about the physics of all of it, but if that's the case,
there are four of them.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 21, 2016, at 5:14 PM, Tomas Gunnarsson
<[1]guson at home.se<mailto:guson at home.se>> wrote:
A single six mm diameter screw itself is just about able to lift the
weight of the car.
Tomas
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From: Larry Weston
[lplugw at hotmail.com<[2]mailto:lplugw at hotmail.com>]
Sent: 20/5/2016 10:49:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Which axles on which side?
That being said, I have sometimes wondered about the faith we put in
that 1/8" thick bearing retainer plate we secure with four six mm
diameter flathead screws. That seems like a weak link. Best not to
think about it to much I decided.
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 20, 2016, at 4:38 PM, Julian Kift
<[5]julian_kift at hotmail.com<mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
> 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
> ________________________________________
> From: marshall smith
>
<[6]marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net<mailto:marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net>>
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 1:16 PM
> To: Douglas Kelm; 'Mike Drew';
> [7]detomaso at detomasolist.com<mailto: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
> --------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 5/20/16, Julian Kift
<[8]julian_kift at hotmail.com<mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Which axles on which side?
> To: "Douglas Kelm" <[9]dakelm at qwest.net<mailto:dakelm at qwest.net>>,
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> Drew'" <[10]MikeLDrew at aol.com<mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com>>,
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> 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<mailto:detomaso-bounces at serv
> er.detomasolist.com>> on behalf of Douglas Kelm
> <[13]dakelm at qwest.net<mailto:dakelm at qwest.net>>
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:52 PM
> To: 'Mike Drew';
> [14]detomaso at detomasolist.com<mailto: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 [[15]mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com]
> On Behalf
> Of Mike Drew via DeTomaso
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:34 PM
> To: [16]detomaso at detomasolist.com<mailto: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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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