"Tegger" <invalid@invalid.inv> wrote
> You MUST raise the car. There is simply not enough room if
> you leave it
> on the ground. Plus the car __MUST__ be level when you
> perform the
> procedure, so simply hoisting one wheel won't do it.

My experience on both these points has been different. But
for the record, I am kinda slim and small (woman-size).

> They do tell you that you need a new washer each time. But
> my parts man
> (ordinarily excellent and valuable) kept ordering me the
> wrong part each
> and every time I asked, so I gave up and just kept
> re-using the original
> ones. Both original washers are still on the car. Both
> have been removed
> and replaced each and every year for seventeen years.
> Neither leaks.

The smaller bolt's washer is identical to the oil pan
washer. The larger one is easily obtained from the dealer.
They should be changed for the same reason the oil pan gets
a new washer at every change: To help prevent overtorquing
due to a bad seal which then tends to strip threads.

I know you know this. It's for the archives yada.