Re: [MV] Lug nuts

Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 18:18:12 -0800 (PST)

--- crtodd wrote:
> Left side lug nuts are left handed on your M38 and
> many other jeeps. This
> was a design future that was to keep the lugs from
> becoming loose when the
> jeep was driven. Later on the engineers found out
> that it did not make any
> difference and went to the right handed threads for
> everything.
+++++++++++++++++++++
Except for that moron who made the quick removal center nuts on the
HMMMV's that they used in Desert Storm. It seems that they forgot that
when one nut on the center of the hub is used it needs one side to be
left hand threaded or it WILL COME OFF WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING!!!

Joe F.

You can
> probably notice a stamped L on the end of the stud on
> the left side wheels..
>
> Don't feel like the Long Ranger. I nearly broke
> my arm trying to get a
> wheel off a jeep in 1967 that had left handed threads
> and many more have
> done the same thing.
>
> Remember left is lefty!!!!
>
> Cliff Todd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Buettner Family <buettner@dataex.com>
> To: mil-veh@skylee.com <mil-veh@skylee.com>
> Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 11:30 PM
> Subject: [MV] Lug nuts
>
>
> >Hello List-
> >
> > For the past week I have been trying (with no
> success) to remove the lug
> >nuts on both of the driver's side wheels. The
> passenger's side nuts came
> >off without a problem, but the others won't even
> budge. I have soaked them
> >in pentrating oil for 3 days, and tried to use an
> impact socket but they
> >don't come loose. Anybody have any suggestions?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Robert Buettner
> >Appleton, WI
> >M-38
> >The Buettner Family
> >buettner@dataex.com
> >
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