Left hand studs

[gdrill]

I just finished cleaning up a set of Kelsey Hayes rotors. I blasted them and painted them. Then I blasted the lugnuts. I never noticed before, but the left hand nuts have L E F T stamped on them.

Just a tidbit of useless info you didn’t really need to know or care about!

 

[hemi71x]

Looks like they do on those whatever company manufactured them., but not necessarily ALL left hand nuts that your going to encounter on 70 and earlier cars.
As a matter of fact i just removed some lefties on a car at the Pick-N-Pull Monday morning, and they have a faint "ring" grove machined into the head face to identify it as a leftie, if your paying attention.
Others might just have a "L" or nothing at all.
But in all my years i never have seen one completely lettered out like that.
Good to find that out.

 

[Hellrats]

I just remember the factory ones having the ring or the L on them. I too think they are aftermarket.

 

[RustyRatRod]

As many of these as I've worked on, all I've ever seen is an L stamped on them. Never the whole word. That's cool.

 

[gdrill]

I actually just dug out all my leftys. I think I have everything described by Hemi.

 

[gdrill]

Well the rest of my collection varies. Obviously the prior Kelsey Hayes were 7/16”. The rest are as follows. Apparently they were totally random and perhaps as mentioned, aftermarket. Now I might have thought it was a Canadian thing, but the first ones I discovered I think are from a set I bought from badlilred. So those came from the U.S. Also the L E F T is different on both sets. The latter are actually together like a word vs separated. Hmmmmm, useless tidbits!

My L E F T are 1/2”.

The ring is both 1/2” & 7/16”.

The plain are 1/2”.

 

[SGBARRACUDA]

Now your going to make me dig for a few of them and see what they say.

 

[Dartnut]

Interesting.
I remember seeing a ''L'' stamped into the end of the stud itself and a single ''L'' on the lug nut and a copper color on the nut and stud, but i haven't ever seen a full stamped ''LEFT'' in the nuts themselves.
Now you have me thinking...............

 

[diymirage]

My wife says I'm a left-handed stud

 

[SGBARRACUDA]

My wife says I'm a left-handed stud

Not what I was told. That you are hung like a light switch!

 

[diymirage]

Not what I was told. That you are hung like a light switch!

Do you remember when this was?
Because here in Michigan we got something called "winter" during which time some shrinkage may occur

 

[RedFish]

Still have to tell the guy at the tire store.