[Vwdiesel] Rabbit brain teaser for Mark Shepherd.

Lee Hillsgrove hillsgrove at adelphia.net
Sun Feb 16 09:47:07 EST 2003


><<<And why do some cars have left hand threads on wheelstuds ?
>
>  I always assumed it was because they suspected the rotation of the
>wheel would loosen the lug nuts, which it appears it never really did.>>>
>
>I've seen it on some Dodge products. Any others?
>



  Older Jeeps had backwards lug nuts, too.

 I'm not certain, but I seem to remember dealing with some vehicle that had
left-hand (or "anticlockwise" for our British readers) lug bolts. Not lug
nuts, lug bolts, like our VWs. I wonder if it was one of my dad's aircooled
rigs?


  Lee
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