HELP! Left Hand Thread Lug Nuts
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HELP! Left Hand Thread Lug Nuts
I am trying to mount a set of 255-50-17s on 17 by 9 wheels from a 95 Impala SS. They fit fine and clear everything but I'm having trouble finding the right lug nuts for the drivers side with the left hand thread studs. I found the RH thread versions, 1/2" 20 size with a 60 degree wide conical seat, see pic. Does anyone know if a left hand thread version is available, if so point me in the right direction - thanks.
#3
You may have to change all the lug studs to RH thread - you just pound out the old ones with a BFH and then use a lug nut to pull the new ones into the holes.
Any auto parts store should have them.
- Eric
Any auto parts store should have them.
- Eric
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#5
Not sure when it started but most fullsize GM cars had LH thread lugs on the drivers side up through 1963. My 63 Buick Riviera had them and so does the Starfire. The wheel bearing retaner nut on the drivers side is also LH thread. I don't want to remove the lugs if I can find the right nuts.
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Not sure when it started but most fullsize GM cars had LH thread lugs on the drivers side up through 1963. My 63 Buick Riviera had them and so does the Starfire. The wheel bearing retaner nut on the drivers side is also LH thread. I don't want to remove the lugs if I can find the right nuts.
#8
I think Dodge was the last hold-out on the left hand threaded studs and nuts and they stopped using them in the early 70's. A 95 Impala will have only right hand thread studs and nuts.
Edit: Your issue is not left or right hand thread, but the fact that you are trying the thread ½"x 20 nuts onto 12mm x 1.5 studs.
Edit: Your issue is not left or right hand thread, but the fact that you are trying the thread ½"x 20 nuts onto 12mm x 1.5 studs.
Last edited by svnt442; November 24th, 2011 at 08:51 PM.
#10
Thanks, these are the same as the stock ones on the car. They will work but they don't have the wider conical seat that the mags are designed for and tend to bite into the aluminum. If worst comes to worst I'll use them but I would prefer the other style.
#11
Are these wheels going onto the '63 Starfire in your signature? I have the 17" Impala wheels on my '92 Custom Cruiser with 1970 "Rocket" badges I had created on an autocad program. A local trophy shop engraved them for me, and then mated them to some 0.90 T3 aluminum backing, then Imron cleared. I've been happy with them for just shy of ten years now. I hope that you are too.
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63 Starfire Wheels
I just wanted to follow up with the final decision on this. I decided I did not want to replace all the wheel lugs so I did not use the big alloy wheels. I wound up with a set of 15" cop wheels from a 95 Caprice with 235-70-15 BFG Radial T/A's and a set of 1960 Buick wheel covers. I like the look, it reminds me of the 70s.
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