TRAKCAR

Not yet.

paver

he needs to negotiate a trade with her then

montoya

I'm using the Snap-on 4:1 multiplier. Slightly cheaper, requires you to use more of your manly muscles...

M3EvoBR

No torque multiplier. Can't torque ?

Buy a ferrari. Porsche is a MAN's car. I love the fact that Porsche some how came up with a natural selection. No chicken or midget chicken can get the work done, so not entitled to a Porsche.
Somehow the history always repeats itself :0

oebb

You don't have to press the brake pedal, for the rears the parking brake seems to be enough.

For the fronts you can just raise the opposite rear wheel of the car to put more weight on the front wheel you're loosening. I.e if you're removing the front left wheel, raise the rear right wheel.

Carrera GT

Unless things have changed again, the factory sets out a laborious process of centering, torquing, releasing and re-torquing the wheel off the ground.

Also, if you're at the track, the rears may be too hot to use the parking brake shoes.

Carrera GT

You deferred to your spouse ... that's a win. : )

As for hassle-factor ... I'm pretty sure if you want to take a wheel off, five slug or centerlock, you'll want the car jacked up off the ground. At least, that's how dad did it and it's good enough for me.

For depressing the pedal, I use an Irwin "clamp spreader" ($30 from Home Depot) ... any problem that's solved for $30, on a track car, I ignore.

My "beef" with the centerlocks is that Porsche didn't do the whole job. They got half way there, but the splines are crappy, the nut itself is delicate and complex, it's a mess covered in a schmear of expensive grease, the anodized finish isn't durable, the dust cap is junk, looks cheap, it's slow to remove (and easily scratched or dented) ... it's as if they never once actually used the centerlocks ... if the designers or engineers even once had to own the thing they built, they'd be quick to change it to be useful and rewarding to use and a pleasure to own. This is a symptom of many failures which have pushed their noses into the Porsche engineering tent in recent years.

mooty

i know reter and izzone have CL mastered while drinking beer. but CL is such a POS on the street cars. i just greased the nuts the other day. what a fk'g mess. the CL is a lot worse then PDK or pASM or PSD or TC.... i'll even take the wart and add 100 lbs to ditch the CL.

those who think they can change these CL fast enough really haven't changed enough tires/wheels. try flipping through 3 sets of tires in one day by yourself on track while running double sessions with brakes glowing red in bright day light.

and worst yet, i had my wife come out to step on the brake pedal for me so i can put the nuts back on. she goes... "why does the car only have 1000 miles? didn' tyou have the car since 2010....?".....

that was close.... "the odometer broke, you know how those freaking german cars are... that's why i buy you honda."

oh, yes, i have the tools to get them on and off and i can do that pretty fast. but it's still a chore. reter, feel free to fly out here and be my tire man.

mooty

you need to try bikini wax on black cars. works wonders. really, put it on, wait 20 min., buff out with rotary.

mooty

edvard munch's scream just sold last week, iirc. did you buy it?

mooty

how funny.
took max out to daddy/max car and coffee up pt reyes, then RS goes to mooty's spa. yes, CL off when i wash cars.

mooty

forgot car and coffee

MrDonut

Carrera GT, how do you position the clamp spreader? I'm slow and I'm missing how you use this as a brake depressor. Thanks!

oebb

Didn't know the part about the wheel having to be off the ground for the torquing, releasing and re-torquing. I always did that part with the car back on the ground. Not sure how big of an issue it is?

Carrera GT

Here's one reference, or email the service manager at your dealer.

https://rennlist.com/forums/997-gt2-...read-this.html


ps. Your car warranty is void.