bigblock96 Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 please is it 12mm or 14mm or what sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigblock96 Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 wow you guys thanks that is for a 77 280 thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I believe it is 14 x 1.5. You could always go look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONZTER Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I believe it is 14 x 1.5. You could always go look. Yep 14x1.5, I had a custom left-hand tap made, as it was not available anywhere. So one side is right hand threads, and one side is left hand threads, anybody know why there are left-hand threads? What would happen if you used right hand threads on both sides? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigblock96 Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 thanks guys thats what I was thinking but I was trying to get things together before I get back to the car as I am aways from where the car is,sorry Jon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Yep 14x1.5, I had a custom left-hand tap made, as it was not available anywhere. So one side is right hand threads, and one side is left hand threads, anybody know why there are left-hand threads? What would happen if you used right hand threads on both sides? I believe that lots of cars run RH on both sides. The only benefit I can see to running RH and LH is that you turn the wrenches in the same direction when you're under the car. Of course that can be confusing too. About 5 years ago a friend of mine had their Z at a Discount Tire store and he called me telling me that they were selling him a new rack because they couldn't get the tie rod end loose to adjust the toe. The dumbass mechanic was pulling as hard as he could the wrong way on the LH thread side of the car! I had him tell the shop to stop working on it and take the car home, he had to use a torch a wrench and a BFH to get the nut loose, but he was able to do it, then we adjusted toe with a tape measure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigblock96 Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 that would suck,the only other reason I can see is that the rack may have been used in other applications which might of had a adjusting collar on it maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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