Swapping tires from old truck to new.

Temporarily forgot that driver side lugs on F250 are reverse thread.

What about the Dodge? Counter -or- Clock to remove?

Just wanted to check before taking the truck in to get them changed.

Thanks,
Lowell

 

All lugnutz on my Dodge are Lefty-Loosey, Righty-Tighty.

 

There are reverse threaded lugs
I've worked on Jap, German, Italian, Korean, French, Swedish, British and I think every major US Manufact and I don't remember ever turning a lug to the right to take it off? Even the Canadian ATVs follow the L-L/R-T rule.

 

Thinking back I do remember that on a '61 MGA that I had the knockoffs on the driver side was reversed. But that was a single spinner not individual lugs. The steering wheel was on the wrong side too so that would make it the passenger side on real cars

 

My 1970 440 6-pack Cuda had reversed threaded lugs on IIRC the driver's side.

 

All Mopars from the 60's and possibly earlier- up until (I think)1970 had left hand/right hand wheel studs.

 

The "old" truck is '83 F250. I had to mentally apologize
to the tire tech after I thought the lugs had been over-torqued,
then I remembered the reverse thread thing.

FWIW, the F250 has something like an axle plate with about
8 bolts holding it on. About 3 of them were backed out
completely loose.


Thanks for the 'conventional" wisdom.

Lowell

 

I had to remind numerous Discount Tire folks of that with our '69.

Randy