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Mueller-Kueps

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

Wheel Weight Pliers,
No. 282 240
The reviewer liked the quickness and
simplicity of this tool when removing
stick-on wheel weights.

The Mueller-Kueps Wheel Weight Pliers, No. 282
240, are designed to remove sticky wheel weights from
aluminum rims. Thin edges grip the wheel weight without
damaging the aluminum, leaving no scratches or notches
in the metal. The pliers will never touch the wheel, as the
weights lean on their own tape, the company says. Wheel
weights can be easily removed and trashed using the
spring-loaded handle. The rubber coated grip provides a
comfortable handle. This tool is made in Germany.
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by Kayla Oschmann, Assistant Editor

THE REVIEW:

F

or technician Randy Kaiser at Rost
Motor, Inc. in Mason, Iowa, the
Mueller-Kueps Wheel Weight Pliers
helped save a little time. He found that
to use the tool, he just had to grab the
wheel weights and give them a twist.
"Instead of having to dig and pry to
remove old wheel weights and possibly
causing damage to an expensive wheel in
the process, you simply grab the weight,
give it a little twist, and it pops right off,"
Kaiser says.
Rost Motor is a new car dealership that
works on all vehicle brands, in addition to
four wheelers and motorcycles. Mounting
and balancing new tires is a routine job
in the shop, as well as rebalancing tires.
While Kaiser found the Mueller-Kueps
Wheel Weight Pliers, No. 282 240, to be
a timesaver, he also notes it is a quality
product and easy to use.
"[The pliers] are extremely well made;
it appears as though they will last a long
time, and they do exactly what they are
designed to do," he says. "They will save
a lot of time removing stick-on weights
without having to worry about damaging
the rims."

The tool is ready to be
used right from the box,
and doesn't require setup or a manual.
"Setup is simple," Kaiser says. "Take
the pliers out of the box and plastic bag,
and you're ready to go. There are no
accessories, and none are needed. It's selfexplanatory, and a very simple operation."
Kaiser notes that the tool works like
other wheel weight pliers, however the
difference is with the jaws, which Kaiser
says are "specially designed to grab stickon weights."
"I previously used traditional [wheel
weight pliers] and they didn't work for
stick-on weights, only for clamp-on
weights," he adds.
In the past, Kaiser would have used
a plastic scraper to remove the stick-on
weights, and then used glue remover to
take off any additional adhesive still left
on. He says the Mueller-Kueps Wheel
Weight Pliers would even take the adhe-

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sive off most of the time.
At the dealership, Kaiser and his
team of technicians use stick-on weights
for vehicles with chrome or aluminum
wheels where the wheel lips are too big
for normal weights, and when customers don't want to see the weights on
their tires.
When describing the features of the
tool, Kaiser was most impressed with the
quality of the product.
"The craftsmanship is exquisite," he
says. "The handles and jaws are heavy
duty. The handles also have a nice cushioned rubber covering on them and are
spring loaded so that they automatically
open up to dispose of the weight that you
removed; [they] are then ready for the
next weight."
Kaiser concludes that these wheel
weight pliers were the first that he has seen
for such an application, and he was glad
to try them out.

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