Backwords pin drive wheels

[estabandando]

I'm in the panhandle of Florida. I've driven the car pretty extensively for a few days and was aware of the issue so I made some reference marks on the spinner. There was no movement with any of the drives and I feel fairly confident in leaving them that way. I've just read all the threads here on spinner direction. Most people seem to be adamant that they spinners must tighten towards the rear of the car. Frankly in my opinion there should be no relative movement between the wheel and the pin drive thread assembly assuming the wheel is seated properly on the pins. With that, the only forces that would act to loosen a spinner would be vibration and the inertia of a moving spinner. If a spinner isn't tightened to the point where its own inertia can loosen it, then I think you've got a problem regardless of which direction they tighten. As far as mitigating the threat from vibration, I just plan to tighten and check them prior to every drive and safety wire them.

I feel pretty good about it after all that, but I've seen the heated arguments from people with more experience on the issue than I saying that they must be installed to tighten towards the rear. I figured if it was an easy fix I would go through the trouble, but after hearing your description of the necessary work to move the pin drive assembly, I think I'll just be vigilant with double checking them, and take the chance as they are.

EDIT: I did talk to the previous owner and he had them installed improperly for the life of the car and never experienced any problems (without safety wire for about half of its life after he became satisfied that they weren't going to come loose).

Thanks for the reply.