Date:         Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:28:52 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Putting on tires: three hands
Comments: To: Kent Christensen <lkchris@OSOGRANDE.COM>
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"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."

Can anyone confirm this? I don't have any lug bolts off right now but I
think they are a bit beefier than 12mm.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 08/28/2012 01:04 PM, Kent Christensen wrote:
> 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