DeTomaso Mailing List: April 99, Message #208

In a message dated 4/6/99 6:49:40 AM, DJFranck@equilon.com writes:

<< BTW - I am sure I am loosening in the correct motion.  It is the drivers 
side that has the backwards threads. >>

Maybe. Look really carefully at the butt end of the axle near the threads. 
There will be a small stamped "D" or "S" in two places 180 degrees apart. "D" 
is dextro; Italian for right hand thread. "S" is sinistro; Italian for 
left-hand thread. Ive seen the axles interchanged side-to-side, two of the 
same, etc. Also, some perverts use red Lock-Tite on the nut and this 
increases the force required to loosen. Try heating the nut up with a propane 
torch and smelling the fumes; Lock-Tite is very pungent when heated, and it 
also softens & burns up with such heat. You really shouldn't re-use the nuts, 
so if all else fails, blow one side of the nut away with a cutting torch; 
done properly, no damage at all will happen to the axle threads. Cheers- J 
DeRyke