Left hand thread on the left side, Right hand thread on the right.
We had enough trouble in the army with drivers even knowing which way a nut and bolt screwed together in the first place; God help him if we switched a pair of hubs on him.
I remember in Cypress, during a regimental competition, we mechanics swapped a cuople of lh/rh studs on the infantry guys jeep trailers (they had to change tires from left to right, and then manually tow the trailer around a course). It didn't make a shread of difference to them. We could have beat them even without cheating.
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