For those in the know this will be no surprise...
I removed my front PS wheel to do some work, then moved to the DS to do the same, but for the life of me could not remove the lug nuts, I drowned them with WD40, I hammered them and I jumped on the breaker bar but they wouldn't budge.
So in a last ditch attempt before resorting to cutting them off I tried tightening them slightly to crack the corrosion I assumed was in there holding them tight....guess what happened? if you haven't already, they came right off as they are left hand thread on the DS

 

My 59 has L stamped on the wheel studs on that side.

 

lol, I did the same thing in 2002 on a 62 Dynamic 88. They did this for around 25 years from what I understand.

 

Most of us have been there.

 

For a long time I thought only Chrysler products had left & right hand nuts, until I purchased my first older Olds way back when....

 

Glad im not completely alone then, I really hope i've not damaged anything.

Now before I get to the back wheels....they're not going to be push, twist and release or something? lol

 

WD40 is not a penetrant. Try PB Blaster or Castle products "Thrust". To date there has not been anything I cant bust apart with the above, with heat or with pneumatics. Have you tried heat then quenching? If you dont have air tools why not drive it to a shop and have them use a 1/2" impact on them. All of these suggestions are much easier than cutting and replacing studs. Thats workin harder IMO...

 

Thanks for the suggestions, but none of the above would have worked either as it turned out the nuts had to be turned clockwise to remove...lol

 

^^^ CCW...Counterclockwise.

 

On the PS it was the normal CCW to remove, but as I said in my original post, to remove the lug nuts on the DS it's the opposite CW to remove.

 

We hired a boy right out of trade school years ago who was very determined that he could outdo anyone else .We were rotating the tires on an early model Olds and had both ends suspended with those wide air powered bumper jacks.He challenged me that he could beat me getting his two wheels off, rotated,and back on ,faster than I could. While he was rolling one around to the other corner,I picked up a right hand thread and swapped it to the other side, and put mine back on then ask him if he was ready to let his jack down.He was really mumbling about one of the lug nuts would not start to thread back on. I could not hold back a laugh,and had to tell him what I had done. Larry

 

If you over torqued the drivers side studs consider replacement...with same thread direction as passenger side. Problem permanently eliminated. Cheap insurance of not losing a wheel at speed.

 

Yes...to remove, I was thinking of tightening.

 

Two very good points...Cheers, I think I would feel better for having done this.