Guess what is this tool for?

[visionguru]

cost $30 for 2.

 

[Old Man Roger]

If I had to guess, is it used to line up the rim on the hub?

 

[Wrench97]

wheel guide on the euro lug bolt cars............................

 

[Zebu Fellenz]

Stud to align wheel with hub for installing wheels with lug bolts instead of lug nuts. Guessing it's used on some Porsche models based on the package notes.

 

[ddawg16]

Thread size checker?

 

[Legion Prime]

It's an extender to calculate the angle of the dangle when machining prefabulated amulite in the manufacture of malleable logarithmic casings.

 

[visionguru]

You guys are good!

I could have made one easily by cutting off the head of a bolt, instead of $30.

 

[dr_clyde]

You guys are good!

I could have made one easily by cutting off the head of a bolt, instead of $30.

Yes, but yours wouldn't be knurled on the one end, and it will have bare steel exposed where you cut the bolt head off. And those have the nice little caps to identify and protect the threads.

$30 is a bit steep for that, I will admit, but sometimes you are money ahead to just buy the tool and get back to work.

 

[Legion Prime]

IIRC the Audi's included a polymer one in with the jack stowage. On occasion I'd just line them up with a screwdriver. It wasn't normally an issue unless I'd pulled the rotors. New ones would always float and sometimes pulling the old ones would knock enough gunk out that they'd slide around as well, sometime though they'd just stick right back on. Still if you don't have a lift and are trying to do it on the ground those pins do make it way WAY easier. $30/pair isn't too bad, they'll certainly hold up longer than polymer ones would.

 

[PugetDude]

It's an extender to calculate the angle of the dangle when machining prefabulated amulite in the manufacture of malleable logarithmic casings.

No.
It's clearly part of the reciprocating dingle arm, the lotus-o-deltoid model.

 

[Lucid Moments]

Just put a stud in and use lug nuts like a normal person.

 

[ItsNemo]

I just cut the head off a bolt, little grinder action to round off the edges, cut a slot in the top for a screwdriver if necessary...cost free, as I had a spare bolt of the right size/length kicking around.

 

[Yarpo]

Feel like its saving my back one wheel at a time. No more awkward holding/lifting scenario while I try to get a bolt in place lol. They're pretty awesome, but 30 dollars for a pair seems a bit steep.

 

[AA/FC]

This is the kit I bought a few years ago..... Two studs each, for three different sizes. Six piece kit for $36

Lisle 13950 3-Pair Wheel Stud Pilot Pin Set https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HZNTCSG/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Turbo]

It's an extender to calculate the angle of the dangle when machining prefabulated amulite in the manufacture of malleable logarithmic casings.

Nailed it! Terry

 

[Robby321]

Its the locator for the girdle spring connected to the upper end of the grammy..in panimetric fashion of course.

 

[xlowxyotax88x]

I have a bunch that were free I also have shorter ones and longer ones for if a wheel has deep holes. Old inner tie rods are the right thread for these......

 

[jsaw]

I have a bunch that were free I also have shorter ones and longer ones for if a wheel has deep holes. Old inner tie rods are the right thread for these......

Inner tie rods for me also

 

[cvairwerks]

Just put a stud in and use lug nuts like a normal person.

Won’t work on Audis and VWs due to design and clearance issues.

 

[redwrench60]

It's an extender to calculate the angle of the dangle when machining prefabulated amulite in the manufacture of malleable logarithmic casings.

No.
It's clearly part of the reciprocating dingle arm, the lotus-o-deltoid model.

Fellas, fellas....you're both wrong. Not trying to be a know it all but clearly they're used to eliminate excessive side fumbling in the two spurving bearings when aligning the six hydro-coptic marsal vanes sulfated to the ambivation lunar wane shaft during turbo encabulator service.

 

[Olafur]

I have some pairs for installing flywheels. Frequently the bolts are renewed so the material is already on hand.

 

[larry_g]

Designed to separate the less talented from their money.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[Two Speed]

Won’t work on Audis and VWs due to design and clearance issues.

??? Clearance issues with what? Or have they decided you need to remove a rotor in order to remove a caliper?

 

[Wrench97]

Try changing the plastic coolant outlet flange on the back of a 2.0l VW/Audi
whoever engineered that needs to be taken out back to the wood shed...................

 

[PugetDude]

Fellas, fellas....you're both wrong. Not trying to be a know it all but clearly they're used to eliminate excessive side fumbling in the two spurving bearings when aligning the six hydro-coptic marsal vanes sulfated to the ambivation lunar wane shaft during turbo encabulator service.

HA! Everyone knows you spell marsal vanes with a "z"

 

[lois202]

To plot pins or something?

 

[cvairwerks]

??? Clearance issues with what? Or have they decided you need to remove a rotor in order to remove a caliper?

Everything on the VW and Audi front ends is wrapped up tight. I can't get a finger between the back of the hub and the bearing housing when everything is bolted up. The rotors on the Audi are like dinner plates and for the V-12 powered ones, they are as big as the ones on my crew cab truck.

 

[cvairwerks]

Try changing the plastic coolant outlet flange on the back of a 2.0l VW/Audi
whoever engineered that needs to be taken out back to the wood shed...................

LOL...I have a buddy do the timing belts on my TDI's, as I can't get my arms down in enough to do everything. For me, I would have to pop both the motor and the trans off the mounts, drop the shafts and shift them as far to the driver's side as possible to work. My easier for me to drop it off at his place and pick it up a few hours later.

 

[AA/FC]

Designed to separate the less talented from their money.

lg
no neat sig line

LOL, I use to think the same way....... until I was changing a tire on an Audi on the side of the highway, in the middle of the night, during a snow storm and couldn't get the holes in the hub, brake rotor, and wheel all lined up at the same time. I struggled with that for probably 10 minutes or more. I finally broke down and bought the set I linked to earlier in this thread and I have used it a few times since. It is ABSOLUTELY worth the 36 bucks I spent for that 6 piece set. If you've never struggled in ****** conditions to change a tire on a car with lug bolts instead of studs, you have no idea.

 

[Tonyuk]

LOL...I have a buddy do the timing belts on my TDI's, as I can't get my arms down in enough to do everything. For me, I would have to pop both the motor and the trans off the mounts, drop the shafts and shift them as far to the driver's side as possible to work. My easier for me to drop it off at his place and pick it up a few hours later.

Or you could spend 15 mins putting the front lock carrier into its service position...

Thereby giving you more room to work than any other modern car i've changed a belt on

 

[cvairwerks]

Or you could spend 15 mins putting the front lock carrier into its service position...

Thereby giving you more room to work than any other modern car i've changed a belt on

LOL...no front lock carrier on ALH powered TDI's....The motor sits sideways and has about 3 inches of clearance from the right side structure...