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Ragman
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 Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 7:53 pm Post subject: Wolfsburg center caps |
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I just got a set of these wolfsburg caps for my 5 spokes, and I was wondering if they fall off easy. There are some small allen bolts on the inside. Do they give enough pressure to stay on there?
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Skim
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:44 am Post subject: |
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make sure you tighten those set screws good and tight or they will come off. I knew someone that kept losing those caps got fed up and he went as far as JB Welding them on. he never lost another one.
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Thornton
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 6:10 am Post subject: |
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I had a set of those once and they fit differently in every different 5 spokes i had, at the time i had 3 different sets
just make sure they are good and tight
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Ragman
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Location: Denver
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 8:14 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the info. I was thinking that they might fall off fairly easily. I might just JB them too to be sure. |
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actorboy
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Location: Henderson Nevada
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| Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| I have those on my car. I had to grind down the wheel bearing caps on the front to make them fit. Otherwise when I put the cap on the wheel, put the wheel on the car it would push the cap off. If you take the wheel bearing cap off the car and try to insert it into the cap you will see what I mean. Now that it is ground down the bearing cap will fit all the way into the center cap. |
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Ragman
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Location: Denver
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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| I didn't have that bearing cap problem with mine. I think that my rims have enough of an offset that it doesn't matter. I did end up using some lock-tight in the threads, and they aren't going anywhere. |
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Fleisch
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Location: Sonoma County, CA
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Those caps seem to sit tight enough inside the wheel that they almost act as a grease cap. I had an issue with the grease cap fitting and therefore don't have a working speedometer anymore but the tires are so much smaller that the speedo wasn't right anyway.
As far as the small hex screws go, I had to take off and put on the cap on one of the wheels a few times and each time, I had no problem with them staying on. I would be concerned that JB Weld would possibly cause an imbalance in the wheel.
To sum up, tighten the screws and they shouldn't fall off. |
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