Larry wrote:

> I *think* it was right-hand thread on the right side, and left-hand
> thread on left side. The theory, as I recall, was that if a lug nut came
> loose, the forward motion of the vehicle would be more likely to keep
> the nut from working its way off the stud.
>
> Larry
>

Yes. It's actually got a more complicated explanation than that, but
you got the sides correct. Studebaker did the same thing, although they
quit sometime between '56 and '62. Chrysler was using LH thread as late
as 1969 and maybe later (that's just the newest MoPar I've worked on.)

nate

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