From: Richard Thiers (dangercat@onemain.com)
Date: Mon Jun 30 2003 - 08:33:47 PDT
Hi Aaron,
The passenger side is the side that should have the Left Hand threads.
Rick
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From: "Horrocks, Aaron" <ACHb@pge.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:17 AM
Subject: [MV] Backwards Threading
Military Vehicles Mailing List,
What side of an early 50s jeep's wheel lug nuts are "left-handed"
(backwards) threaded? I ask because mine got screwed up, by me, and some
time in the near future I'll be making a trip down to the central/lower
areas of california with a fellow lister, Jim Newton, who found some M38A1
axles on a pallet for a good price. It's good to have a friend with the same
addiction. Er, I mean hobby.
The rear axle on my jeep still leaks. I've replaced everything on it, but
the axle itself! I want to get the axles right when I get these new
replacement/spare parts.
Background story...
Back in late 01' and early '02 I had my jeep totally torn down, and I was
rebuilding the axles. I had to take them to some local jeep experts to get
them to remove the bearing retainers. (hey you need special tools for that
stuff!)
I had the axels torn apart on separate tables with all the parts neatly laid
out so they could go back into the same location. However, when I got the
axels back from the local shop, I forgot about which way the axle was
facing! on one of them, I screwed up, literally!
They say there's no such thing as a stupid question...
Anyhow what I'm left with now is this:
Right-hand thread: front drivers, rear passenger
Left-hand "backwards" threads: front passenger, rear driver
Thanks for your time and answers in advance!
Aaron Horrocks
1952 M38A1
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