One would think on the Freight liner that the lug nuts would be designed to tighten the opposite direction of the rotation of the wheel. As you look at the drivers side of the truck the wheel turns counter clock wise. As you look at the passenger side the wheels turn clockwise. So on the drivers side I would think you would tighten them clock wise and on the passenger side you would tighten them counter clock wise. Me thinks that the point here is to have them tightened in a manner that is opposite the rotation of the wheel so that the lug nuts do not tend to loosen up. But then again That is only an educated gues. As the illustrious Larry would say, I might just be talking out of my 33rd vertibray.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Baldwin Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] lug nut directions It isn't true on my 05 Chrysler. Counter-clock-wise loosens all 4 wheels. However, it is true on my dad's 2000 Freightliner. I do not recall which side turns which way either. Michael _____ From: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Cy Selfridge Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 14:09 To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] lug nut directions Hi all, Actually Chrysler is the culprit for this one. The lug nuts on a Chrysler product are designed so that the rotation of the wheel will not tend to cause the lug nut to loosen. I don't happen to have a handy Chrysler type vehicle to go see which direction the lug nuts turn on which side of the car. I also do not know if this is still tru of Chrysler products but it started way back in the Forties or early Fifties I believe. Cy, the ancient Okie... _____ From: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lee A. Stone Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:34 PM To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Car talk slang Robert, on my work bench is an old but sturdy 4 way lug wrench. it has three sizes of lugs and one , or the fourth one is the pry bar setup . it was great for changing tires on a old I think 1970 something Plymouth Fury my father in law had. I got new hemorriods trying to change the tire until I found out Plymouth turned the opposite way to remove the lugs. Now I save that work for the kids. Lee -- Short people get rained on last. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.15/1003 - Release Date: 9/12/2007 10:56 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.15/1003 - Release Date: 9/12/2007 10:56 AM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
