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Centre wheel hub cabs
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If you remove the wheelbearing cover moisture /dirt can enter and cause early failure.Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0
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Thought that.
Wonder could I batter the cover a wee bit round the edges to allow the caps to clip in place?0 -
All things considered the best solution would be to go to an alloy wheel shop/dealer and I'm sure they can supply centre caps designed to fit the non-M-Benz wheels you have.0
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I had a similar problem on my Corsa. From new all was well, until a week after a puncture repair, I noticed that the centre cap from the repaired tyre had gone missing.
I duly ordered another, at an eye-watering price, and when I came to fit it, discovered that the machined ring in the wheel, that the tangs on the cap expand into was the wrong shape, so the caps never locked in place and just drop out :mad:
The others were glued in from new.
The solution?
I levered out the other 3 and chucked all 4 of them in the boot in a plastic bag until I sold the car and let the new owner worry about it
(I did paint the hub nuts black though)
If you want them, you could make them fit by removing some material, then glue them in with clear silicone. They have to come out to fit new tyres, then just glue them back in.I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
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Will silicone hold them in place?0
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I would think so, a thin bead of it holds great big windows in the frames, seems glaziers have stopped using putty nowadays.I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
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Equally dumb question but are the bearing covers tapped fully home or are they slightly proud ? run your finger nail round the shoulder of the cap and see if it is fully up against the end of the housing . If not tap with hammer and block of woodYou scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe (Henry IV part 2)0
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Use the foam tape that's often used to attach numberplates.“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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Ultrasonic wrote: »This may be a dumb question, but why do they need to be removed to fit new tyres, they don't occlude the bolts holding the wheel on?
The tyre removing machine goes through the centre hole of the wheel, and so does the balancing machine, as the back of that hole is the bore that centralises the wheel on the hub.I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
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