I second this method as a best practice... works on all cars without "self
aligning" wheels and hubs.

Jim

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:22 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:

>        This really works ~ I've been using that method for 33yrs ~ once you
> get the wheel up
>
> on hub you just have to turn the wheel & the hub & one set of holes
> soon line up & you pop in
>
> a bolt. I suppose there could be some wheels with bigger center holes
> that might not work &
>
> I only have had to do it on a 2WD so I don't know if it works on a Sync.
>
>                                                        ORR ~ DeanB
>
>
>
> On 28 Aug , 2012, at 11:28 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
>  You must have a smaller center hole in your rims than I. Here, when
>> the
>> rim is hanging from the hub, all the holes in the rim sit below their
>> corresponding holes in the wheel.
>>
>> --
>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>> Bend, Ore.
>>
>> On 08/28/2012 09:27 AM, Edward Maglott wrote:
>>
>>> I stick the wheel on so it's center opening is on the hub, then
>>> rotate it
>>> and the hub until a wheel hole lines up with a hub hole on the
>>> right side.
>>> (I'm right handed.)  Then I just hold wheel with one hand, you
>>> don't have
>>> to hold it up, the hub is carrying the weight.  Once you get that
>>> one bolt
>>> in, rotate wheel so that hole is at the top.  Then all the other
>>> holes are
>>> pretty much lined up.  It's pretty easy.
>>>
>>> Edward
>>>
>>