I just received a wheel hanger that I ordered from Boothe (Porsche offers these as well). For those unfamiliar with the term, it is basically a long bolt that screws into the caliper and allows you to guide the wheel in place. I haven't used one before but I can tell you that sitting on the ground and holding up one of our wheels during a changeover is really bad on your back!!! I think this is a smart safe way to put a wheel on and greatly reduces the chance of crunching your calipers with those heavy wheels.
Also shown in the "soft socket" (it looks teflon like inside). Both $29 from Boothe.
www.boothedesign.com

 

I have never seen anything like that before. What a great idea. I'm pulling one down tonight. Thanks for the tip.

 

Dave - very nice. That should make it much easier on your back when changing wheels.

At the risk of being overly ****, the wheel hanger screws into the "top hat," not the caliper.

 

Ooops, where's the brain fart emoticon,...I need it.

 

Thanks, Dave! I may order those. Apart from making it easier to mount a wheel, I am terrified of breaking one of my ceramic composite rotors and being forced into bankruptcy, and I seem to recall something about using wheel hangers for that purpose as well.

 

Hey Dave - think that would work with my Cayenne? Let me tell you about a pain in the **** swapping the 18's winters with the 19's summer

 

Actually for ceramic brakes they recommend you use two. I have the regular S brakes and still bought two. They work great. Porsche actually has their own version of the wheel hanger but the Boothe version is much sturdier but about 4x more expensive too. Still I think the Boothe hangers are well worth the price for piece of mind when changing wheels and not worrying about dinging the rotors (in addition to saving old backs).

 

My '01 Boxster came with one - of course it also came with a spare and a jack.
I'm sure all Boxsters have them in the tool kit.

 

Threaded Bolt for assembly wheels

p/n 997.571.074.30 or 999.571.074.30

from your dealer

 

They came in both my 996 and my Cayenne tool kits. If you have 2 it is fantastic!!!! Then the wheel doesn't shift at all when taking the bolts off and when you put it back on you do not have to line up the wheel, it just slides on. Very good on the back and I never change the wheels without using 2 (especially the Cayenne).

 

What happened to just setting the wheel on the ground against the hub and lowering the jack by tiny increments until the holes align?

 

You absolutely need these when changing wheels but you don't have to spend $ 60 .

Buy two metric bolts ( 14 mm x 1.5 mm pitch x ~ 5 in. long ) for $ 1.50 each,
cut the bolt heads off and wrap some tape around the ends.
Takes 5 min. with a hack saw and works great .

 

My concern has always been about the calipers - didn't want to inadvertently ding while mounting/positioning the wheel.

 

Hummmm, good point. I guess you can also scrape the finish on the interior circumference of the wheel... .

 

You absolutely need the locaters (2) if you have PCCB.
The rotors are fragile

p/n 997.571.074.30 or 999.571.074.30