Well, Wheel Enhancement came through for me and my Sport Technos with Pirelli Rosso's arrived yesterday evening. Each box weighs in at 76 pounds! At any rate, I changed my "S" wheels for my new toys this afternoon. Will post pictures this weekend assuming the weather cooperates.

Now for the ....DUH!! part......

While reading my Owner's Manual (yes, it's indeed a sad life I live!), there was a notation of a small threaded 4-inch rod with a tapered end that is part of the tools found under the rear floor lid. I read further and discovered that this rod is used to assist in holding and aligning your wheel as you dismount and re-mount it. Guess I should read the manual more often! The instructions go something like this:

Wheel Removal
1. Loosen lug nuts BEFORE raising vehicle
2. Remove lug nut at top-most position
3. Thread tapered rod into top-most position
4. Remove remaining four lug nuts
5. Slide wheel off hub mount along the tapered rod

Wheel Mounting
1. Mount wheel on tapered rod and slide it up to hub
2. Position wheel so that you can install lower lug nut
3. Install remaining lug nuts
4. Remove threaded, tapered rod from top-most lug position
5. Install last lug nut in top-most position
6. Tighten wheels
7. Lower vehicle to ground
8. Tighten wheels to 120nM

That's it! No grunting or straining or straddling the wheel with both legs supporting it while your feet are under car, all the while hunting for one lug position and hoping you don't strip out a lug nut thread!

Again, I say........... DUH!!!!!

You'd think I graduated from Texas A&M since the last time I dismounted/re-mounted my wheels I was doing exactly THAT grunting, straining, goofy leg-supporting stunt!

OK, so someone go ahead and tell me...... Why, of COURSE we knew about that handy little tool you DORK!

Toby

 

I am not sure about your tightening torque.

I believe it is 119 ft lb not nM Please check. I don't have my manual handy.

 

Thanks for catching the mistake. The Owner's Manual says 160Nm or 118 Ft. Lbs. Guess that's what I get for going from memory!

TBP

 

It is even easier with two of those threaded bolt tools, part number: 999 571 074 30.

 

Toby,

I'm with you on this "grunting, straining, goofy leg-supporting stunt thing".

Please don't tell anyone - I even knew that there was such a rod but always wondered what it should be good for.

Thanks to the wonderful and romantic evenings with my Cayenne manual my eyes were opened and my legs relieved.

 

Toby, I forgot to add: My Baby is getting his new cardan shaft today. I'm glad the parts truck didn't have to pass Dallas.
(sorry, couldn't resist)

Matt

 

Matt,

Trust me, if the Parts Truck was passing ANYWHERE near Dallas, I would have chased him down. I'll be interested to know if this improves things in the vibration realm.

BTW, how much DID you pay the truck driver to stop in Switzerland while on his was to Dallas?????

TBP

 

Hehe, you don't have to know everything

I'll let you know about the result (Software Update, Roofrails, Cardan shaft, etc.)

 

Glad you didn't tighten to 120 nm.

 

Even better, glad you didn't go to 160 lb/ft! BTW, the aluminum wheel mounting pin has been standard equipment on the 986 & 996. My Bro in law's Audi has one too - it's plastic! IMO, the aluminum is much better.
J