Title: | Cars in the UK |
Notice: | Please read new conference charter 1.70 |
Moderator: | COMICS::SHELLEY ELD |
Created: | Sun Mar 06 1994 |
Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
Number of topics: | 2584 |
Total number of notes: | 63384 |
Has anyone any bright ideas as to how I can overcome the problem of the metal hub-cap retainer clips on my 1984 VW Passat coming off? They are bits of bent tin which are supposed to fit into the wheel, but for the majority of the time "ping" off into the steel hubcap, and rattle about...until the hub-cap falls off. I don't particularly want to drive about without the hubcaps, nor let them fly-off into the countryside! I notice on slightly later models, they used a plastic axle end hub cover like that on the early VW Polo. Any thoughts much appreciated. Tim
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1616.1 | Hang on to your 'cap. | CMOTEC::JASPER | Tue Dec 03 1991 15:56 | 23 | |
Tim, I don't own a car like yours, but I can relate my Vauxhall experiences. It was a 1990 cavalier with BIG plastic hubcaps with a steel clip-ring which was supposed to make the cap grip the wheel. When I lost my 5th hubcap & MADE Vauxhall listen, I got the Following reply : 'There is no problem with our hubcaps. However we do know of people who use cloth tape inside the hubcap.' What this meant in practice was "Fit a small piece of self adhesive cloth-tape between the wheel & every point of contact with the Hubcap & any retainers". I guess that with the pressure applied at the grip-points the glue from the tape leached through the cloth & stuck the two slippery surfaces together. After I applied the tape, ( Vauxhall wouldnt do it as "there is no problem"), I never lost another hubcap. If you adopt this method, make sure the tape is reapplied whenever new tyres are fitted. Tony. |