Date:         Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:11:05 -0500
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Putting on tires: three hands
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <503D2A04.5080008@gmail.com>
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From the ad that Vern referred us to:  "Use this for any 14mm x 1.50 thread pitch lug nut hole"

---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> "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

--
David McNeely