Joel 67

Has anyone ever made their own wheel stud alignment tool? My CTT did not come with one and it seems like I ought to be able to just go to Home Depot and buy a bold with same thread and cut the head off it. I'm not trying to cheap out but it seems silly to pay for a $20 part when I can make one for less than 10% of that.

deilenberger

Your CTT came with it - you just haven't found it yet. On the 955/957 it was pretty obvious - sat in a recess in the foam piece that held the jack.

Not so on a 958. You have to first remove the jack, and the foam piece it lives in - and you'll find the wheel alignment stud in a recess in the foam piece underneath the top one. Hidden so to speak.

That's why I now have two wheel stud alignment tools in my trunk. Two does make it easier - the wheel doesn't spin on the single stud if you have two of them. I think it was about $10 or so..

BTW - a metric bolt (bold?) that size - dunno the thread but it's biggish, and it should be 6-8" long - won't be 10% of even $20. It will likely work just as well - but I prefer the finished one from Porsche - the body of it is smooth meaning the wheel slides on it, not catching on threads.

Petza914

Using a bolt or even one of those alignment pin tools that has a knurled section for grip to make it easier to screw in and unscrew, will really chew up the insides of your lug bolt holes. If you don't care, then have at it - thread is an M14 x 1.5, but I'd put forth that you bought a Porsche and should treat it as such. If the Suncoast one at $20 is too much, then look on eBay for a lower cost replacement, just make sure it's smooth all the way down. If your car has PCCBs, you need two of them to eliminate the risk of the wheel swiveling on one and contacting the ceramic rotor and chipping the edge.

The other thing I find works well is to put a piece of wood, like a 2x4 or 1x4 under the tire that's almost as tall as the gap you create between the tire and floor, then when you remove the last bolt, the wheel doesn't fall very far and the wood with the tire and wheel on it is much easier to just slide toward you to clear the car than the grabby tire is.

Joel 67

Thanks Don, you were exactly right! I was looking in a slot in the foam perfectly sized for a pilot pin on the right side when in fact it was under the jack on the left!

Thanks again!

deilenberger

That slot is where I keep my second one now..

Glad I could help..

RAudi Driver

It's always a good idea to use two of them. I usually pull one from one of the other cars so I have 2 wen working on wheels or brakes

GasStation

2015 991 C4S : do I need the 14mm x 1.5 or the 12mm x 1.5 wheel stud pilot pins?

Petza914

M14x1.5 is the standard porsche wheel bolt thread. The only car that might be different is the Macan since it also has a different bolt pattern spacing. Normal Porsche is 5x130 and the Macan is 5x112.

CarGuyNVA

Especially for anyone with the PCCB option! Dealer service always uses two on PCCB equipped vehicles.

dbv1

I've been using 2 Aluminum wheel studs for ages now, never a problem. Aluminum is softer so the studs can't damage the hub or the alloy wheels and hard enough to easily carry the tankish 65 lb Cayenne wheel/tire combo.

I don't remember where I got them any more, sorry.