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Subject:Re: lug nuts (NVC)
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Wed, 17 May 2006 21:40:49 -0500

Mark A. Kreuzer wrote:

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>AND, on a side note.   I guess there really is something to tightening lug
>nuts. not an urban legend as I suspected.  I had just finished working on
>the front end and thought I'd just snug the lug nuts cause I was only
>driving a couple of miles.  Mile 1.5 I hear this growling noise.  I knew
>what it was. pulled over and sure enough. those little suckers were coming
>loose.
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>-- mark
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Did they work loose on both sides or just the driver's side?
  I remember when some cars (Chrysler products, I believe) had left hand
threads on the lug nuts on the left side of the car.
Said to prevent them from working loose.

Larry A.