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Subject:Re: Putting on tires: three hands
From:mark drillock
Date:Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:56:05 -0700

Vanagons use 14mm x 1.50 pitch.

Some later Mercedes do 14mm as well but most Mercedes use 12mm, like
most smaller VWs.

Mark

Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> "And before you get all excited about the $14 dollar version of this
> tool on eBay, just stop in to your Mercedes dealer where the same thing
> is $4.You'll have to be able there to answer the question 12mm or 14mm
> and I think VWs are 12mm."
>
> Can anyone confirm this? I don't have any lug bolts off right now but I
> think they are a bit beefier than 12mm.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>