Left Hand Wheel Bolt Needed
Hi All, I have an old Fleetwood trailer from the 70's and on the left side, the wheel bolts screw in, but they are all left handed, so they screw in by turning left instead of right. Well, when I w...
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Gdetrailer wrote:donn0128 wrote:
If there standard style studs, just buy a bunch of new ones. If their the funky stud bolts, you might be screwed.
Many older drums (60's into early 80's) used on trailer axles often did not use "studs". Instead they used screw in BOLTS, the drums had THREADED HOLES to act as "nuts"..
They were a real pain to work with since you had to lift and hold the tire, then line up the rim hole with the drum hole then insert the screw threw BOTH the rim and drum.. Then attempt to turn the bolt without cross threading the hole mess.. Repeat that 4 more times for one tire.
At the same time someone decided to play a trick on unsuspecting owner and mechanics by using a LEFT HANDED thread on the DRIVERS SIDE ONLY to make things even more interesting.
The left handed bolt has a BIG "L" stamped in the top to inform the person it is left handed.. Not everyone realized what that meant.
Finding those left hand bolts now days is most likely impossible..
BUT, perhaps all is not lost..
You might be able to convert that drum to a standard "lug" with a screw in STUD!
See if THIS might work for you..
Alternately the only other option would be to replace the brake drums on both sides which will get you to modern day studs all with right handed thread..
Yup, I've heard of this too.
You bump into some crazy stuff sometimes.
