Owen Lucas
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Ozempic. Haven't you heard? It's so cheap now, we're filling potholes with it!
deeply recessed valve stem - another automotive engineering marvel.
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Looks like 10mm to me.
That spot in my socket rail appears to be empty ?
Or wait for the Chinese to come up with some plastic adapter on eBay or Amazon. Last probably 50 uses but 1/10 the cost of the German one.
Ah, c'mon, the chances are you need a new car after you run out of gas, so you will never have to replace the wheel when it's low on air
I have similar wheels but my stems are a little longer.
That was 2019 pricing, it is now $699.99 and they don't stock them. Needs to be shipped ground only for some reason, and they tag you $39.00 to ship it.
German tariffs right now are 15%, so if it’s only $200 more that sounds like a bargain for all the mythical German engineering that goes into a socket?
Not seeing any problem with that.
They’ll probably just slash the tyre and then try to catch the air in an old paper cup.
Wow! Are your fingers really that fat?! That doesn’t look to be very tight. Pictures can be deceiving though.
I guess I get it, I’ve seen guys with hands that looked like stumps with 4 Brats and a Vienna sausage hanging off of them.
This is why I always got to do the work that required a little finesse and finger dexterity in tight spaces.
I guess I get it, I’ve seen guys with hands that looked like stumps with 4 Brats and a Vienna sausage hanging off of them.
This is why I always got to do the work that required a little finesse and finger dexterity in tight spaces.
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It's only got about 3/8 inch on each side of the plastic cap.Wow! Are your fingers really that fat?! That doesn’t look to be very tight. Pictures can be deceiving though.
I guess I get it, I’ve seen guys with hands that looked like stumps with 4 Brats and a Vienna sausage hanging off of them.
This is why I always got to do the work that required a little finesse and finger dexterity in tight spaces.
Don’t take my post the wrong way, I’m only ribbing you a bit.
You did say that you had “fat fingers” though.
Using a piece of hose was a great solution. There’s always a way. (Once you stop cussing the manufacturer and think about it for a moment.)
Ya well as I age all of me is getting fat!Don’t take my post the wrong way, I’m only ribbing you a bit.
You did say that you had “fat fingers” though.
Using a piece of hose was a great solution. There’s always a way. (Once you stop cussing the manufacturer and think about it for a moment.)
Yep, I’m finding that my body’s fighting me at every turn now that I’m in my mid-50s. Staying in shape and crawling into tight spaces is getting a little harder.
We take things for granted when we’re in our 20s and 30s.
Maybe @Pablo can hook you up. https://www.amsoil.com/p/emergency-10mm-socket-set-g3884/
But seriously they sell them as kits for a reason. The 10mm struggle is real. Husky 10mm socket set
I once owned an Elantra Sport sucky like the Mercedes wheel pictured. The valve stem is between and below the narrower dark grey spokes, look at the 4 o'clock position. I added the stainless steel tire pressure caps you see on semi trucks which made it forever easy peasy to check and add air.
