Left vs right hand thread wheel studs.

Hello good people,

I read a few days ago about this left hand threads versus right hand threads on wheel studs. The person said the left hand thread studs should be used on the right side of the vehicle, and the right hand threaded studs on the left side of the vehicle. This was sort of the normal for it to have any purpose. But, today when getting new car tires on my car, instead of trailer tires, I discovered that the left hand threads was on the left side of the car. And the right hand threaded studs on the right side of the car.

Anyone have any knowledge about this ? I just felt a bit like, ... have someone switched them at some point, or is this how Dodge did it. Or is this fellow off in his thinking ?

If the left wheel had just a center bolt, and nut, it would be normal if the wheel spins forward to have a right hand threaded nut there to make it tighten itself, if you had a wrench on it all the time. But maybe life is not that simple. :)


Bill