Date:         Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:26:20 -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: Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
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"I think they are even more frustrating because as
someone mentioned the hub turns with the wheel when you try to line
up the holes.  Eventually I got the habit of putting the e-brake on
and putting the trans in gear"

That was me. And after considerable research, I have found that the
e-brake and transmission have little effect on how easily the front
wheels turn.

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

On 08/28/2012 07:06 PM, Edward Maglott wrote:
> I think the method I described which others also use and endorsed
> comes from being of rather slight build and always looking for ways
> that need the use of less muscle. The various methods using feet and
> legs always got me all dirty too. I had about a 25 year career of
> autocrossing FWD VWs and for a good part of that I was changing tires
> at the event, then putting street tires back on to drive home. A lot
> of tire changing. Those are the hubcentric wheels with bolts and
> thinking back I think they are even more frustrating because as
> someone mentioned the hub turns with the wheel when you try to line
> up the holes. Eventually I got the habit of putting the e-brake on
> and putting the trans in gear... sheesh I don't miss changing 4
> tires in a hot parking lot after baking in the sun all day.
> Edward