rayroni
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| posted on 22/9/03 at 12:29 PM |
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Rear Hubs - Which way round?
I have a rear (disc brake type) sierra hub with a left hand threaded (tightens anti-clockwise) hub nut and one with a right hand threaded (tightens
clockwise) hub nut - both off the car.
Please can someone confirm which side of the car they go.
Cheers!!
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nick205
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| posted on 22/9/03 at 12:47 PM |
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Hub Nuts
the right hand thread goes on the drivers side, left hand thread on the passenger side - took mine of the car last week!
HTH
Nick
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bob
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| posted on 22/9/03 at 12:53 PM |
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i find the easy way to remember is always tighten the hub nuts towards the front of the car  .
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JoelP
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| posted on 22/9/03 at 12:54 PM |
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doh! does the spanner have to be up or down?!
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suparuss
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| posted on 22/9/03 at 03:10 PM |
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id have thought teh right hand thread would go on the passenger side so that the driveshafts turning to go forward go in the right direction to
tighten the nuts and not loosen them? not that it matters cos everything is splined. 
Russ.
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Peteff
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| posted on 22/9/03 at 03:40 PM |
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I you're going forwards the right hand thread will loosen in the direction of travel on the nearside (U.K. nearside), lefty loosy righty tighty
is how my wife remembers it .
yours, Pete.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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rayroni
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| posted on 22/9/03 at 09:32 PM |
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Em, this has managed to confuse me now. With my understanding that:-
Right hand thread = clockwise to tighten &
Left hand thread = anti-clockwise to tighten
I was thinking that (and seeing as though it was safety critical thought
I'd get it confirmed) the right hand thread would go on the (uk) nearside. The logic
being that the normal rotation and acceleration of the wheel would cause that nut
to 'lag' the wheel and thus tighten.
When the Haynes manual was consulted (only mentions front hub nut) section 7.3 states that
"left hand thread assemblies were progressisly fitted to the right hand hub carrier"
Both Pete and Nick say its right 4 right and left 4 left which seems to contradict the manual.
Doh! - just realised that hub nuts are 'inboard' on the front - does this then confirm
Pete & Nick's response? If that is the case why is my logic wrong, what stops the nut from working loose?
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jcduroc
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| posted on 22/9/03 at 11:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
... in the direction of travel on the nearside (U.K. nearside) ...
yours, Pete.
Will you PLEASE dismiss this nearside terms and explain it in terms of Left or Roght Hand Side of the car?
This is understood by anyone wether he's driving at the LHS or RHS.
Thank you all
JCM
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blueshift
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| posted on 23/9/03 at 02:00 AM |
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nearside and offside works for me. right and left are too confusing, I have seen it used to mean one side of the car or the other interchangably (are
you looking from the front or the back?)
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bob
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| posted on 23/9/03 at 07:59 AM |
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Why dont you just listen the 1st time
allways tighen the hub nuts towards the front of the vehicle.
Meaning for those who drive UK spec,drivers side right hand thread and passenger side left hand thread.
If you do a search on rear hubs it will throw this one up.
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