nhmercracer
nhmercracer New Reader
7/26/13 4:20 p.m.

Sounds like pron.

Hello Gentlemen,

Ideas on marking the L/R threaded ends so I can determine which is which in a few years. Without finding my magnifying glass!

ncjay
ncjay HalfDork
7/26/13 4:46 p.m.

Colored sharpies or paint markers

mistanfo
mistanfo SuperDork
7/26/13 4:50 p.m.

Either that, or scribe an arrow in the tighten direction, with a bar at the bottom of the arrow, making it a sort of T: I--> If it's the same on all of them, you can likely figure it out by the second one.

weedburner
weedburner New Reader
7/26/13 5:02 p.m.

If they go front/back, I usually install the bars so that the LH end will be on my left when i'm adjusting them. If the bars go side/side, i put the LH to the left side of the car.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/26/13 5:29 p.m.

There's often a notch on the vertices of a LH bolt/nut. If yours don't have them, it's easy to add. As a bonus, it's a standard so some other mechanic is less likely to be cussing you out if he doesn't understand a faded 10-year-old sharpie mark.

aussiesmg
aussiesmg UltimaDork
7/26/13 9:41 p.m.
Keith Tanner wrote: There's often a notch on the vertices of a LH bolt/nut. If yours don't have them, it's easy to add. As a bonus, it's a standard so some other mechanic is less likely to be cussing you out if he doesn't understand a faded 10-year-old sharpie mark.

That is brilliant, you win 10 internets Keith

Slippery
Slippery GRM+ Memberand Reader
7/26/13 9:44 p.m.

Zip tie the left ones together?

iceracer
iceracer UberDork
7/27/13 8:24 a.m.

Keith beat me to it.

jimbbski
jimbbski HalfDork
7/27/13 9:11 a.m.

I've been using LH nuts and rod ends for years and while noticed the notches in the LH nuts I didn't put 2 & 2 together and figure out what's it's purpose. Now I know!

noddaz
noddaz GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
7/27/13 9:29 a.m.
jimbbski wrote: I've been using LH nuts and rod ends for years and while noticed the notches in the LH nuts I didn't put 2 & 2 together and figure out what's it's purpose. Now I know!

Ditto! I can say I learned something today. Thank you GRM...

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