Does a 70 Charger have left hand wheel studs on the drivers side?

[jeryst]

I know that the 69 Charger had left hand thread wheel studs on the drivers side.

Did the 70 model also have them?

[Daytona R/T SE]

Yes.

[doctor4766]

I know that the 69 Charger had left hand thread wheel studs on the drivers side.

Did the 70 model also have them?

They do?
Hmm I've never noticed that on mine

[1BAD68]

68's do too

[jeryst]

I know that the 69 Charger had left hand thread wheel studs on the drivers side.

Did the 70 model also have them?

They do?
Hmm I've never noticed that on mine

Sometimes people would swap them out for right-hand ones, because it would get confusing. Also, garages, not always knowing this, would snap the studs off thinking that they were all right-hand threads. For example, I had my 69 in for inspection a couple months ago, and the first thing the guy taking the wheels off did was snap off a stud with the airgun. I completely forgot to tell him about it, and he just didnt know. Luckily I was standing there, and stopped him before he went any further.

[Daytona R/T SE]

I know that the 69 Charger had left hand thread wheel studs on the drivers side.

Did the 70 model also have them?

They do?
Hmm I've never noticed that on mine

My '68, both '69s and my '70 Chargers all have left hand threads on the driver's side.

My 71 and '72 Imperials do not.

My '72 Chargers do not.

My '65 Plymouth Fury has them.

My 1940 Plymouth I had years ago had left hand threads on the driver's side.

So, it goes back a LONG way.

[68RED4SPEED]

1970 was the last year with left hand threads on the driver's side.
Sven

[PatrickPeeters]

My 68 ain't got em, maybe someone replaced them.
My 69 got them, got rid of them.

[ACUDANUT]

 I replaced all mine...Left handed theads are 

[Troy]

All my 68 Chargers have them and one of my 70 Challengers has them but the other does not. However, I'm sure the one that does not isn't stock and has modern brakes.

Troy

[tan top]

  not trying to hijack  anything , but what was a idea behind having left hand threads on the driver side

[GreenMachine]

There is a thread about this on another Forum (can't remember which). It was proven in tests that if the lug nuts were left loose, they would be less likely to loosen more during forward rotation than r/h thread. If I remember correctly, they would actually get slightly tighter.

[tan top]

oh i see !! thats intresting  , thanks for the reply !! appreciated 

[ACUDANUT]

 Very True...I can testify on fairly loose lugs nuts comming off my rims (they never got tighten down)....Almost lost a left front wheel in just 2 short miles..Only one lug nut kept me from wrecking my 72 Charger.

[tan top]

Very True...I can testify on fairly loose lugs nuts comming off my rims (they never got tighten down)....Almost lost a left front wheel in just 2 short miles..Only one lug nut kept me from wrecking my 72 Charger.

yikes    you was lucky

[UFO]

You wanna mess with your mechanic put LH on both sides.

[tan top]

You wanna mess with your mechanic put LH on both sides.

      good one 

[ACUDANUT]

 You would only end up screwing yourself, when he brakes them all off....BTW, who takes their cars to a Mechanic these days...I kinda wonder.  

[Chatt69chgr]

My 69 has them.  The studs have a "L" stamped in them.

[PatrickPeeters]

If you drive backwards  the Right one also would be tighter 
So if you got loose nuts try driving backwards....

There is a thread about this on another Forum (can't remember which). It was proven in tests that if the lug nuts were left loose, they would be less likely to loosen more during forward rotation than r/h thread. If I remember correctly, they would actually get slightly tighter.

[maxwellwedge]

1970 was the last year with left hand threads on the driver's side.
Sven

Yes it was.

[bull]

There was a member here a while back who couldn't get the RF lug nuts off his 68 Charger but the LF came off fine. I asked him if the LF nuts came off left-handed or right-handed and when he said they came off right-handed I told him to try turning his RF lug nuts the "wrong" way and see if they'll come off. Turns out a previous owner had mixed up the two front hubs so that the left hand lug nuts were on the passenger side.

[PatrickPeeters]

LH is where the thumb is right side
So lh would be on the rh if rh should be on lh but if the lh has changed to rh then the lh wouldnt be over one the rh side.
Thats Scary

[jeryst]

LH is where the thumb is right side
So lh would be on the rh if rh should be on lh but if the lh has changed to rh then the lh wouldnt be over one the rh side.
Thats Scary

HUH?

[chargerman67]

I know that the 69 Charger had left hand thread wheel studs on the drivers side.

Did the 70 model also have them?

They do?
Hmm I've never noticed that on mine

Sometimes people would swap them out for right-hand ones, because it would get confusing. Also, garages, not always knowing this, would snap the studs off thinking that they were all right-hand threads. For example, I had my 69 in for inspection a couple months ago, and the first thing the guy taking the wheels off did was snap off a stud with the airgun. I completely forgot to tell him about it, and he just didnt know. Luckily I was standing there, and stopped him before he went any further.

I actually did that myself. Very annoying but I guess I should have known. Swap those babies out, it's a lot more convenient.