siezed wheel NUT? 57 Cad

[60eldo]

    Drivers front wheel nuts seem to be seized. Is it possable they are reversed threads

[Jon S]

They are indeed Left hand threads and should have a L punched in the end of the stud.  They loosten clockwise.

[60eldo]

  Thankyou I feel stupid

[TJ Hopland]

At least you asked rather than just figuring you needed more power and start breaking things.    I ran into that not that long ago on a medium duty truck.   On that thing not only was one side reversed but the studs on the rear where what held the inner wheel on. 

[Skwerly62]

  Thankyou I feel stupid

I just did the same thing on my 58. Thankfully I was patient and ONLY used a 5' extension pipe trying the 'wrong' way!

[Dan LeBlanc]

Ran into that on a 52 Pontiac I had once.  I tried the opposite way with the impact wrench thinking an little back and forth may help loosen it up.  Shock of my life when I put the impact on forward and the lug nut came off without issue.

[Jeepers Creepers]

Did they continue the left hand thread system into the sixties?

What was the cutoff year?

[Dan LeBlanc]

My 61 Fleetwood is not equipped as such.

[60eldo]

  I also  have a  1969  Charger R/T reversed thread

[76eldo]

I had a 70 Challenger with reverse threads on the drivers side.

Very dumb idea.

Brian

[Walter Youshock]

Not really.  The idea was that the nuts would tighten on both sides of the car when moving forward.

[59-in-pieces]

Johnny,
I made the mistake of taking my 59 to a tire shop here in town to mount some new 2.25" white walls.
I did not stick around - dummmmm.
Got a call that the shop had a problem.
Some kid with a air impack gun - fit for a Sherman tank, spun the nuts off 2 studs and then stopped.
The threads on the stud were gone.
So lesson learned - I don't have a tire changing machine - and would never turn my car over to these young BOZOS for any other reason.
I have had enough Cads to keep a bunch of left hand studs and lug nuts around, because I have learned some people just change the driver side to lefty "loosy" - righty "tighty" studs, to avoid such a problem - but not me, no - damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead for OEM.
Shame on me for not sticking around or explaining.
Have fun,
Steve B.

[bcroe]

My 62 Olds had L and R, hardly a problem since they were clearly marked. 
But I had so many issues with shops damaging or mounting rims and lugs,
I long ago refused to let them touch my car.  I roll the old tires in, and roll
the new ones out; no more replacing damaged parts.  Bruce Roe

[TJ Hopland]

So did everyone use left threads in that era?    Did Chev?  Ford?  Sounds like Mopar did.

[Jeepers Creepers]

Here in Australia, the local mopars had has lefty's until about 69 or 70 then went normal from there.

I'm sure we had a few others as well.

[V63]

I've gotten in the habit of painting the reverse thread stud (ends) and nuts a bright yellow.

I've had cars with BOTH L and R studs on the same wheel!

Painting them helps too when you have them lose in inventory in a lug nut box or wherever...easy to pick em out!

Leftys are normal! As in  'Abby Normal!'

[bcroe]

I've had cars with BOTH L and R studs on the same wheel!   

That is because someone already broke off a left thread stud and replaced
it with a right thread stud.  Bruce Roe

[V63]

L & R threads on one wheel...

Oh yes, that's what I figured...but what a hot mess

Or drums mounted on the wrong side is another scenario...

[TJ Hopland]

Drums on the wrong side?

[willits]

Did they continue the left hand thread system into the sixties?

What was the cutoff year?

The last year for LH threads would have had to been either '58 or '59   My '58 had LH threads orginally.  When I upgraded to roller front wheel bearings I used '60 drums & hubs and those have RH threads. 
Peter