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Removing centre caps
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Removing centre caps
I've bought some new centre caps for my 19inch alloys but I'm buggered if I can see how to remove the old ones. Do you have to remove the wheel first and push it out from the inside? There's barely enough gap for my thinnest feeler gauge to go past from the outside
I do like to go topless......
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Removing centre caps
Screw a screw into them and pull out.
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Certainly easiest to knock them out from behind.
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I've always managed to catch an edge with a precision screwdriver but you do have to be careful not to catch the wheel..as 1000rr says, if they are junk then just run a screw through the middle
if its got tits or tyres..its trouble
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Or push an Allen key through the middle and hoik out.
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Changed mine - tried the screwdriver method and though no way so used a screw through the middle and yanked them out
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Take them off , push them out from the rear and give the whole wheel a good clean while you are at it
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I used one of these when I fitted a set of floating caps
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Incidentally the floating caps are a waste of money, I completely forget I have them only to be reminded every time I catch one with the Karcher when cleaning the alloys, they spin furiously and that’s where my enjoyment of them ends
Steve
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Thx for the replies, guys.
As I have no way of getting the wheels off, I'll try the screw method. The outside edges of the caps are scabby so not planning on reusing them.
As I have no way of getting the wheels off, I'll try the screw method. The outside edges of the caps are scabby so not planning on reusing them.
I do like to go topless......
....... in my remapped 20i in Valencia Orange with Black Roof
....... in my remapped 20i in Valencia Orange with Black Roof