Lug nuts or lug bolts?

[EVer Hopeful]

I've never taken a wheel off or rotated the tyres on the Y, but I figured it was about time I gave it a go, so I'm going to order the lifting puck. I noticed AO also sell a guide for aligning the wheels when re-mounting, but if you look at the picture they show, the wheel seems to have fixed bolts that you can remove ... have to remove if you use the guides. How would you even remove them?

I've done brake jobs before, so Iunderstand you can remove the rotor, but those bolts would be fixed to the hub right?

Maybe I'm overthinking this . . .

 

[E90alex]

Tesla uses lug nuts. There is no need for those as there’s no easy why to remove the studs

 

[EVer Hopeful]

that was my expectation - both bits

thx

 

[JHCCAZ]

if you look at the picture they show, the wheel seems to have fixed bolts that you can remove ... have to remove if you use the guides. How would you even remove them?

I think you may be missing a key point here:
This wheel mounting guide does not replace any of the five studs. It has a female thread that allows it to attach directly to the (topmost) stud when you are trying to lift and position the wheel into place.

I find it to be extremely helpful, saves a lot of time and muscle effort, no need to hold up the heavy tire /wheel while attempting to align it over the five studs. You just hang the wheel, then you can relax while you slide it into place and do initial fit of up to four lug nuts. Then unscrew the guide and replace it with the fifth lug nut.

The photo you reproduced shows two of these guides, but in practice you really only need one. In fact I think the second one might defeat the purpose because it would require simultaneous alignment of two holes with the two guides, almost as difficult as the original problem. If I had two of them, I would simply put one on each wheel on that side of the car when rotating tires, not two on one wheel.

In any case, I highly recommend this guide tool.

 

[EVer Hopeful]

Ah - now THAT makes sense

I had considered that, but in the pic they seem to have the same OD as the studs

I'd get one, but in over two years I have yet to remove a wheel

 

[JHCCAZ]

I'd get one, but in over two years I have yet to remove a wheel

Well okay... but you did start the thread, announcing that you were buying items in preparation for removing the wheels...

My recommendation stands and best of luck in whatever you decide to do, or not do, or think about doing

 

[EVer Hopeful]

So I did - and your post answered the original question perfectly

Senior moment on my part