I use the difficult both feet & 2 hands technique to hold wheel  till I get
bolts in place.  Place butt on ground in front of said axle, lift up wheel
w/ hands & hold steady w/ sides of feet while aligning wheel w/
arms/inserting bolts.

I think even w/ a fused ankle(?) one could do this, but I might be wrong
again.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-4 extremities are better than 3?

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:

> The trick is two hands and a knee, or to carefully lower the car until you
> can get one hole to line up.
>
> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> Rocket J Squirrel
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 9:29 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Putting on tires: three hands
>
> So yesterday I swapped out the two front tires on my van with a pair of
> older ones due to excessive wear on one of the newer ones. My stepson, a
> tow
> truck driver for ten years now, was on hand to help the old man.
>
> "I hate cars that use bolts instead of having studs on the wheels," he
> said.
>
> I can see his point. With studs, you have something to hang the heavy tire
> on, but with bolts, I found myself needing three hands: two to lift and
> align the bolt holes and a third to start the first bolt. He provided that
> third hand. I'm hoping I'll never have to do it by myself.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
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