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From: toma@tekchips.UUCP (Tom Almy)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.auto.tech
Subject: Re:  Sad Story About Torquing Wheel Bolts
Message-ID: <376@tekchips.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21-Nov-85 12:29:32 EST
Article-I.D.: tekchips.376
Posted: Thu Nov 21 12:29:32 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 23-Nov-85 05:25:20 EST
References: <624@tekigm.UUCP>
Reply-To: toma@tekchips.UUCP (Tom Almy)
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Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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Keywords: nuts, bolts
Summary: 

In article <624@tekigm.UUCP> aegroup@tekigm.UUCP (Dennis Ward) writes:
>
> ...  We have one car (a 1981
> Renault 18i) that has no nuts, just four bolts per wheel that, yes, tighten
> clockwise and loosen ccw; another car (a 1984 Renault Encore) that has four
> nuts per wheel which tighten cw and loosen ccw; however, our third car (a 1966
> Dodge Coronet) has five nuts per wheel that:  tighten cw and loosen ccw -- on
> the right side or passenger side, and tighten ccw and loosen cw -- on the left
> or driver side.  
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Renault:  Volkswagen with a French accent and sex.  (Compare engine
> compartments -- German efficiency vs French romanticism at its best.)
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Yet another alternative: my Volkswagen Vanagon has 5 *bolts* per wheel on the
front wheels, and 5 *nuts* per wheel on the back wheels.  They all tighten
clockwise and loosen ccw.

Tom Almy