marjon said:

Wheels go in oposite directions as you go down the road. Yep conclusion edit incoming


I had a little think about this with my little bit of Newtons elbow thought I have left. The pulley not being keyed could be the key reason (see what i did there)

If the pulley spins it could drag the nut off if it wasnt, what it is.
If it was keyed to the shaft I maybe inclined to say it should be the other way round.

Fast running out of techy brain cells today.

J

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Stanleysteamer said:

It depends on which way you are looking at the pulley when you describe its turning direction. Looking face on to the pulley and the nut, you want the nut turning in the opposite direction to the pulley as you are looking at it to ensure it tightens rather than loosens.

As for the knock ons.........!!!

There are two different threads on each of the four stub axles, adaptors, or whatever you want to call them. Two left-hand threaded ones and two right-hand threaded ones.

So you put the normal right-hand threaded ones on the near side, and the left-hand threaded ones on the off side.
So as the car goes down the road, the nearside wheels turn anticlockwise and the offsides do the opposite.
The plonker who built the car had put the splined adaptors on the wrong sides!!

I know a lot about this as I replaced normal wheels with 4 nuts .with adaptors for splined wire wheels on my Marlin.
I'm sadly on the wrong pooter to be able to put up a pic.

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Stanleysteamer said:

I don't know if I'll be able to explain it to you in my present state of wine induced affluence of incohol!!

Imagine you have a thing, like a pulley wheel, or an adaptor for a splined wire wheel, which is going to be turning anti-clockwise as you look at it. If you then have to secure the pulley, or splined wheel, with a clockwise threaded nut, that should be OK, as the anti-clockwise motion of the thing goes against the tightening of the clockwise threaded nut so it tightens it if anything as it goes along.
Hence on a nearside wheel, where when the wheel is going down the road, it turns anticlockwise as you look at it, the clockwise done up nut is being tightened as it goes along. So no, the NS axles do not have LH threads, they have RH threads.
So vice versa on the other sid of the car.

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Hippo said:

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Turktowner said:

A girl in overalls...


And a nice young lady in dungarees.

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Wimblowdriver said:

@Hippo has scored 55,555 posts, well done that man.

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DanClarke said:

Morning All.
Funeral was fine, very well done to all.
Awful day & night, as I appear to have gout in the big toe on the right foot.
May try to get to the Drs. for some meds.
Have a good day.

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kevstar said:

Lots of left right left rights going on tis like dads army in err.

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saxavordian said:

Cherry drinks can help with uric acid chrystals build up.

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Turktowner said:

I think you're right, so long as the spindle is pushing the wheel round, like on your car. Whereas, on the alternator the pulley is pushing the spindle.
Pushbike pedals are another thing..

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Turktowner said:

****?

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Stanleysteamer said:

Watch out! You'll get an angry face!

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Stanleysteamer said:

Exactly!

Well done, Pike, I wondered when someone was going to think of that!!!

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Turktowner said:

Bols?

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