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Install stud
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Leading evidence: 'Install stud' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Clean tool kit, i wish i had one of those' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
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Use two of 999.571.074.30
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Clean tool kit, i wish i had one of those
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Ummm - a clean tool kit, I wish I had one of those......
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Use 2 bits
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Those tool kits are so useless I only ever use 2 bits from it and it looks pristine and unused!
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Take wheels off?
So the car is lifted. All lugs loose. You're down to one more.
How do you get that wheel off and not bang the freakin calipers????
And going back on????!
I start by loosening all the lug nuts before lifting the car. Once lifted I use an electric impact wrench. When pulling the wheels I rock two ends till it breaks loose from the lip of the hub.
When putting wheels on I position myself directly in front/center of the wheel, slide it in as far as it will go, position my r/arm at the 5 o'clock and 7 ocklock position and lift to catch the lip of the hub.
If the wheels are too heavy for some I use the jack method. Lowering/lifting the car till the wheels and hub line up and slide the wheels in.
^^^Yes ^^^
Even using the one guide pin in the tool kit can be a bit questionable if you want to avoid scraping your freshly painted calipers. I bought a second pin which helps locate the wheel square on to the hub - two are definitely better than one.
And saves your back muscles too....
One is.
I got a second thrown in when I bought some used parts.
Even with one guide pin, the hub can spin as you are trying to hang the wheel and bash the caliper.
Doesn't happen when using a pair as the hub and wheel spin together.
I actually just painted my calipers, and started asking myself the same question when I dropped one wheel on my fresh caliper.
. Thank you for the thread.
Brother!! I feel your pain. This thread is for us, and all the other macho grande guys who were too proud to ask.
I'll punch a slot on my man card for asking.
Is there a reason why Porsche didn't go with studs like those super easy Japanese cars? Is it a German thing? My sister's BMW is the same way, and it's really annoying.
Guide pins are one of the few items that aren't Porsche expensive. They're about $10 at the dealer. Well worth the price.
The only other sub-$10 item I've found at the dealer are the black plastic caps that cover the nuts on the windshield wipers - $7.50 for a pair.
On the other end of the spectrum, one of the steel cables you disconnect to put the top in service mode was fraying so I bought a pair to replace them - $316! For a total of 20" of thin steel cable with some knuckles on one end and turnbuckles on the other.
It's not automatic that you won't bang the calipers with the guide pin. I had just painted my calipers and when installing the wheel, I did not have the e-brake set and the tire moved and banged dead center across the words on the caliper. So angry.
this would have been handy when someone doing tire work on my car put my passenger rear wheel in front and the front wheel in the back. I had to switch both in a parking lot at night with that crappy jack and decent 16" lug wrench I keep in the trunk.... guide pins...
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