i know this question has probably been asked a gazillion times before, but i'll ask it again seeing i couldnt find anything in the search function....
how do i take the hubcap off a set of stock wheels? ive tried every single size of screwdriver i have, and got some encouraging words from my dad on how he remembers that it used to shit him off when he needed to change a wheel...
please... for the sake of my sanity and to give me something to do this weekend... can someone help me out with some kind words and knowledge?
thanks in advance 馃榾馃榾馃榾馃榾馃榾馃榾
PurpleT3 路
If you're having this much trouble they are probably a bit rusty on the inside. Try spraying around the edge with WD40 or similar. Then try again with a crow bar or bigger screw driver. There are special tools you can buy for removing hub caps, it might be worthwhile keeping one with the spare just in case you need to do a roadside tyre change.
VolksFolks 路
Hi Starbuggy, by rights the trims should have two holes like the ones pictured paralell to each other, when the car was new and the tool kit was there, there would of been a tool for this job, but now 30+ years on the tools are far and few between, i made one out off fencing wire, just made a hook and a finger hole, slot it in and pull! Bingo, if you use a screwdriver or crobar you will damage the trim and paint on the wheel, depends what state you wheels are in spose.
Andy
PurpleT3 路
Ahh, so that's what those holes are for.
ratty 63 路
...er...perhaps I should have headed this post something else - anyway... :P
This is one of those hubcap removal tools that came with the cars when they were new. The key is in the background for size comparison. These tools do show up from time to time at swaps (check in the bottom of the containers with the rusty misc parts in them - thats where I have found them in the past - I have a couple now).
A screwdriver won't shift the hubcap? Interesting, I think I will agree with the "rusted on" comment, but I have come accross a couple that were just a really tight fit....
R
VolksFolks 路
These are a nice accessory and are always there to pull off the caps
with your knowledge in mind, some wd40 in hand and a funky little hubcap hook type thing that i will make tommorow, that i will be able to unhub my wheels馃檪
thankyou all馃檪
aggri1 路
I made a puller from a coathanger, but it's a little thin and needs to be re-shaped every so often, even though I used a thick hanger. I need to then use a piece of pipe levering against the tyre wall through the puller tool.
Works for me.馃檪 And yeah, some of those are tough little caps...
VolksFolks 路
ratty 63 wrote:...er...perhaps I should have headed this post something else - anyway... :P
This is one of those hubcap removal tools that came with the cars when they were new. The key is in the background for size comparison. These tools do show up from time to time at swaps (check in the bottom of the containers with the rusty misc parts in them - thats where I have found them in the past - I have a couple now).
A screwdriver won't shift the hubcap? Interesting, I think I will agree with the "rusted on" comment, but I have come accross a couple that were just a really tight fit....
R
Gee Ratty thats a small tool!!!!馃榾
ratty 63 路
Gee Ratty thats a small tool!!!!
...yep! Always remember that size doesn't matter, its how you use it....:P
:thumb
So, did you get your caps off yet?
R :thumb
BiX 路
Made mine from some heavy wire and all good. I also made a longer one for wider than standard wheels.
ratty 63 路
I also made a longer one for wider than standard wheels.
...Good Idea! I have had to resort to the screwdriver method to get hubcaps off wide wheels because my 'little tool' wouldn't allow me to get enough leverage...actually I don't think I could even get the lever into the wheel...!
R
Purple Martin 路
My hubcaps and rims are already dented and rusty, so I just use a claw hammer as it's so easy.
[Edited on 18-10-2004 by Purple Martin]
[Edited on 18-10-2004 by Purple Martin]
ClassicVW(pacific) 路
Ask the person who thieved on of my hubcaps last Saturday night, then again he did scratch my wheel at the same time.
Starbug 路
i think ive got those tight-fitting hubcaps you speak of ratty...
i have had absolutely zero success, even with wd40 involved.
perhaps i need to find myself a big strong man?
*wtd: big strong, good looking man. well dressed but not too built. needed as a hubcap puller. must be prepared to sit quietly in the front of my beetle until needed. conversation a bonus but not compulsory...* oh dear i seem to have wandered a bit
its a pity ive had no success because the tyres on these new wheels are much better for this wet weather than the ones ive got on now.
ratty 63 路
righto, now I'm not saying I fit the description that you list in your post, but I may be able to help (or someone close may be able to...) where exactly are you in Brisneyland?
I've never met a hubcap that wont come off eventually....!
R :P
BiX 路
just make one, its not that hard, and i think a guy would become very bored in the front of a beetle and may not fit in the front of a std bug (saying that with upper class snobby voice, as I own a super with more boot space). mabye a midget? if you want i can lend you mine? or if the wheels are s&^t use a claw hammer!! (i can give you a hand if you want)
[Edited on 20-10-2004 by BiX]
HotRodMatt 路
Get a slide hammer and bend a bit for the end to go in the holes. Slide - bang - off!