 Quick Nut/Bolt Question
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OK, I have a LEFT hand threaded tie rod end shaft and need to get a nut for it. Do I have to have a LH thread nut or will a standard RH nut thread on but flipped over ? This simple, but profound thing has me profoundly flustered.
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Saddle Sore
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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you need a left handed nut. but why? it should thread into the knuckle piece
Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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Check Pants
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Check Pants
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A left handed thread stays left handed from both directions. Wade, if you need a left handed 6mm jam nut for your shift rod, I can hook you up in tomorrows mail. Pm me at my gmail account.
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Thanks Enlightened and Benevolent Beings  but this is for a golf cart steering assembly, the only tie rod that would fit was from a whatever brand/year car we found, it fits , the shaft goes into a hole in a pivot and held there with a nut. The threads on this thing are LH, hence the inquiry. Beggars cain't be choosy. So, will look for a LH nut, or tap out one myself. And it's metric, aaarrrgggghhhh !!!
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Check Pants
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https://www.mcmaster.com/ has everything and they ship fast. They also provide the dimensions on nuts and bolts that many vendors do not.
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Should be Riding
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Quote:
Thanks Enlightened and Benevolent Beings
but this is for a golf cart steering assembly, the only tie rod that would fit was from a whatever brand/year car we found, it fits , the shaft goes into a hole in a pivot and held there with a nut. The threads on this thing are LH, hence the inquiry. Beggars cain't be choosy. So, will look for a LH nut, or tap out one myself. And it's metric, aaarrrgggghhhh !!!
I bought the reverse thread die to cut threads on a bolt for my aftermarket shift rod. the RH was about 6 bucks and the
LH was about 40. from mcmaster/carr
Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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you need a left handed nut. but why? it should thread into the knuckle piece
There is always a jam nut on a tie rod.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Adjunct
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Adjunct
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Here's a little joke about the difference of Left Hand and Right Hand threads. For a lifetime a man did hunt for a woman with a corkscrew c nt But when he found her he dropped dead Because hers was a Left Hand Thread. 
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