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Re: Left hand threads

To: "Ron Madurski" <rmadursk@galaxy.galstar.com>, <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Left hand threads
From: "Carl Elliott" <grunt2@adelphia.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:25:23 -0400
Cc: <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Reply-to: "Carl Elliott" <grunt2@adelphia.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
I think the Left hand is the drivers side  Carl E.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Madurski <rmadursk@galaxy.galstar.com>
To: mrbugeye@hotmail.com <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 10:59 AM
Subject: Left hand threads


>:
>:
>:Shawn,
>:Sounds to me like it's leaking around the oilseal that is on the inside 
>:of the hub. You will need to remove the hub to replace it, just remember 
>:that one side is RH thread and the other LH, I can never remember which 
>:is which. Might just want to go ahead and replace the bearing while you 
>
>I never "remember" which is which.  But it is easy to figure out.  The
>reason that LH threads are used it to keep the rotation of the part from
>loosening the fastener.  So if the axle rotates primarily clockwise that
>is the direction that the fastener will be tightened.  Use a
>counter-clockwise torque to loosen it.  Other common places for this to
>occur is tensioner pulleys, water pumps, Alternators, and transfer
>cases.
>
>Just an observation that makes for one less thing to remember.
>
>
>-- 
>Ron Madurski      
>rmadursk@galstar.com


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