Date:         Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:04:48 -0600
Reply-To:     Kent Christensen <lkchris@OSOGRANDE.COM>
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From:         Kent Christensen <lkchris@OSOGRANDE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Putting on tires: three hands
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The trick is two hands and a knee, or to carefully lower the car until you
can get one hole to line up. (Tom)


Nah, the trick is the tire mounting stud found standard in Mercedes and BMW
(when they had spare tires) toolkits.  VWs, being cheap cars, simply don't
come with them.  You may be surprised, then, to learn that bolts are used on
all four wheels on all VW, Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and Porsche.

And before you get all excited about the $14 dollar version of this tool on
eBay, just stop in to your Mercedes dealer where the same thing is $4.
You'll have to be able there to answer the question 12mm or 14mm and I think
VWs are 12mm.

You should learn to trust Germans ... if there's a problem, they've found a
solution.

Kent Christensen
Albuquerque
'07 GL320CDI, '81 Vanagon