'tick_loc, tick_angle, tick_label'

def get_tick_iterators(self, axes):

    g = self.grid_helper
    if self._limits_inverted:
        side = {u'left': u'right', u'right': u'left', u'top': u'bottom', u'bottom': u'top'}[self.side]
    else:
        side = self.side
    ti1 = g.get_tick_iterator(self.nth_coord_ticks, side)
    ti2 = g.get_tick_iterator((1 - self.nth_coord_ticks), side, minor=True)
    return (chain(ti1, ti2), iter([]))
