[s-cars] How not to change your tire

[Kneale Brownson]

At 06:50 AM 07/29/2001 -0400, Lee M. Levitt wrote:

>Len McKenzie [mailto:len.mckenzie at home.com] writes:
> >
> > Little gizmo?????  What little gizmo???
> >
> > I will check my toolkit first thing in the morning.  I might even read the
> > manual;^)
> >
>
>Make sure you have said little gizmo. It would have saved me 2 hours by the
>side of the road if I had known to look for it. Doh.
>
>It's a short black plastic dowel about 4 inches long, threaded at one end.
>Before you remove the last stud, you insert this into the wheel to hold the
>two parts of the hub together (keeping the holes aligned). The wheel slides
>off over this.


Or go the a hardware, buy a bolt that's 3 or 4 centimeters longer than a 
wheel bolt, cut off the head and hacksaw a screwdriver slot in the head 
end.  I've purchased six used Audis and not one had the plastic "gizmo" in 
what was left of the toolkit,  so I've made several this way.   I always 
remove the highest bolt on the wheel I'm changing first and insert my 
headless bolt.  Makes a good hanger for the replacement wheel too.