spindlewood

I swapped my winter wheels and snow tires this weekend and broke the plastic Wheel Hanger Alignment Pin which Audi provides. I am surprised that Audi includes a plastic pin for this - guess they presume it is for emergency only. I was able to replace 6 tires before it gave up the ghost. Definitely a pain doing the last two tires without it.For anyone changing their own tires,

I recommend buying a metal replacement before you do so. Like this one:
Anyway, nice to have my summer wheels and A/S tires back on.

rdA4WtQ5

I never use it. The emergency brake keeps the rears in place and if you assemble the front wheels close and your careful you can start one bolt easy enough to align.

Benzie

Funny you should mention this because I used the plastic pin that came with my allroad for 9 seasons....that's 4 wheels two times per year - never broke the pin but was always a concern. Now with the SQ5 I've switched to winters and back only once....no problem yet but these wheels are significantly larger and heavier than what I had on the allroad so time will tell but I don't like my chances.

dassq5

Yes, I was rather surprised my 2019 SQ5 came with the plastic wheel alignment pin, when I changed from winters to all-seasons. My 2015 SQ5 came with a nice aluminum hanger. If I had known...

Add this to the other cost-cutting measures -- privacy cover now an option, much cheaper scissor jack, harder plastics on doors, etc.

ribeye

I am totally unaware there even is such a thing. I don't even know if one came with my car. Or is this just a "S" Q5 thing

spindlewood

It will be in with the tire tools bag under the rear floor. It looks like this:



While I'm sure I could develop technique to change the tire without one (I did have to), it is much easier with one. The tire going on was different diameter than the one coming off - ever so slight enough to make it a pain. Plus if the car is jacked up beyond the minimum for the tire to come off, it's too high to line up the holes. Then the car needs to come down (but off course too far) and then back up until perfect. It was because the car was up just a bit too high that the pin broke in the first place.

Chawski

I bought a metal set on Amazon. I believe the brand is ABN. Came in a 2 pack for like $10 or 12

spindlewood

Same one I linked to above

Benzie

I believe this is meant to be an emergency side of the road wheel change thing. My 2002 allroad was not an s-type but had one. You screw this in to one of the bolt holes before you put the replacement wheel on so you're guaranteed that the first lug bolt you put in will already be lined up with a hole. Maybe not so crucial in your garage but by the side of the road at night a definite time saver. Having used one for many years the tips I can offer are - 1) Be careful not to cross-thread it when you're screwing in the hole - if it's not screwing in easily take it out right away, make sure you're going in perfectly perpendicular to the rotor and try again. 2) don't use it as much of a hangar but more as a guide as you slide the wheel on. Would really suck to break this down close to the top of the threads and then be stuck by the side of the road with no way to get the threaded part out of the hole. 3) If you have a hard time getting it out, the metal part of the emergency screw driver fits through the hole in the top for turning leverage.

ribeye

I found this thing in the tire tool kit. It is a solid hunk of metal. I thought it was for towing or something. But with this one, you will have to hold the tire in place while you try to screw this in. Is this something different?