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987 tire removal tool Steve (Morro Bay) - Tuesday, 3 July, 2012, at 12:16:59 pm |
Re: 987 tire removal tool Guenter in Ontario - Tuesday, 3 July, 2012, at 12:59:47 pm |
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Steve (Berlin & LA)
While I'm having a great time getting to know my new cayman, I ran into something kinda odd. It seems that the 987s (or at least my 2007 car) didn't come with a very substantial set of tools for roadside work. I have a wheel lock socket, a compressor (nice), some tire sealant, and some little tools to remove the headlights, but that's about it. What I was hoping to find was possibly a lug-nut wrench, but more importantly, that little wheel holder that you screw into one of the lug-nut seats in order to make wheel removal easier. Am I right that the car simply didn't ship from the factory with those things? The previous owner was the original -- a very nice guy who gave me just about every possible artifact of the car's history. I doubt he would have missed this, and imagine that it just wasn't part of the car to begin with. Is that right?
Shame they don't include at least the peg thing Steve (Morro Bay) - Tuesday, 3 July, 2012, at 6:11:00 pm |
just order an addl one or two there only... Burg Boxster - Tuesday, 3 July, 2012, at 7:40:08 pm |
Just ordered a Mac Tools 19mm lined impact socket. New Boxster 19" wheel torque spec: 118 ft-lbs. *NM* Laz - Tuesday, 3 July, 2012, at 1:04:30 pm |
118 ft/pounds. Anything look different? Bobtesa - Tuesday, 3 July, 2012, at 5:50:12 pm |
17s take 96. Maybe to counteract the increased leverage on the hubs caused by the bigger radius. *NM* Laz - Tuesday, 3 July, 2012, at 6:46:45 pm |
My 987 19"ers call for 96 pd/ft too. Could it be the wider track? *NM* Bobtesa - Tuesday, 3 July, 2012, at 6:49:27 pm |
Earlier this year ... Pedro (Odessa, FL) - Tuesday, 3 July, 2012, at 10:17:09 pm |
Thanks, Pedro. Today I drove all over the place proudly wearing the orange hat. *NM* Laz - Wednesday, 4 July, 2012, at 8:06:47 pm |
I would believe 118 Nm though *NM* Boxsterra - Tuesday, 3 July, 2012, at 7:47:43 pm |
Must be wheel (and/or hub?) construction. Two places in the manual state 160 Nm/118 ftlb. Laz - Tuesday, 3 July, 2012, at 10:06:02 pm |
Oh, and the bolts are black. Could that be heat treated chrome vanadium as used for impact sockets? Laz - Tuesday, 3 July, 2012, at 10:10:28 pm |
As Porsche has black anodized std bolts, & in light of Pedro's comments, I don't think they're CrV. *NM* Laz - Wednesday, 4 July, 2012, at 9:14:50 pm |
Porsche's new torque recommendations .... Pedro (Odessa, FL) - Wednesday, 4 July, 2012, at 10:27:00 pm |
Can't go wrong with Pedro on the case! Laz - Thursday, 5 July, 2012, at 4:08:02 pm |
Who cares about the red clip. How did the Guenter in Ontario - Thursday, 5 July, 2012, at 4:34:53 pm |
Re: Can't go wrong with Pedro on the case! Gary in SoFL - Thursday, 5 July, 2012, at 4:39:03 pm |
Re: 987 tire removal tool TimD - Thursday, 5 July, 2012, at 5:54:59 pm |