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Tip/Trick: Wheel mounting alignment tool.

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Re: Tip/Trick: Wheel mounting alignment tool.

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erikv11 wrote: ↑12 Jul 2019, 12:24 And when you consider that on a P80 the "alignment pin" is basically useless even when there *is* one, this is a great tip.

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P80 wheel lug bolts are M12 x 1.75, take that info to the hardware store ...
m12 x 1.75, 90 mm, head ground off
m12 x 1.75, 90 mm, head ground off
$3 for the bolt, 15 minutes with the angle grinder. Now it sits in the toolbox next to the 19 mm deep socket until the fall when I next need to move some wheels around.
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
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'06 S60 R, 197k
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