My 2002 e320 has the most difficult wheel install that I have ever seen. I have used a threaded post but it is still extremely difficult. Am I missing some technique?

Is it because no lugs? I have a lug tool that screws in the lug hole,then mount the tire.

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Without using the training wheels (threaded lug guide tool) here is my method.

1. Firmly press the brake to cause enough brake drag the front wheels will be less likely to spin

2. Put the wheel roughly over the hub and brake assembly.

3. Make sure you have a lug bolt in a deep socket near your dominant side

4. Get the wheel on the hub center ring and hold it there with your non-dominant hand

5. Grab the lug bolt and socket and stick it in one of the lug holes

6. Push the top of the wheel lightly so its only resting on the top of the hub ring. This is key and makes it easy to spin the wheel without spinning the hub

7. Rotate the wheel while pressing on the lug bolt until it finds a hole

8. Thread it in and tighten like anything else

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Have not tried this but have thought it may work better with two threaded pins instead of one. Anyone tried this?

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Jeez guys, it's really easy.

With the wheel off, install the guide rod into one of the lug bolt holes.

Then rotate the disk until the rod is in the 12 o clock position. For the analog challenged, move the rod to "North", or topmost position.

Now take the tire and wheel, rotate until a lug bolt hole is in the same orientation, 12 o-clock.

Raising the tire and wheel to match the location of the hub center, guide the pin thru the lug hole in the wheel. Often, you can see through a "window" of the wheel to observe the penetration of the rod into the hole, so to speak.

I been doing it like this for many years, and am satisfied with the methodology.

Good luck!

Jim

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I'm not a fan of the lug bolts either, but they don't usually give me too much trouble. If you really hate them, there are aftermarket stud kits available out there to convert from bolts to studs + nuts.

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