Hubcap removal

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

How do you get these hubcaps off?

 

[CLdrinker]

I had Colorado customs that were similar. Wheels came with a wrench that fits the cap. You spin it off.

 

[CLdrinker]

Boom

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

Thank you! You guys saved me from ruining these wheels!

 

[SBMech]

I'd love to see a pic when they are off, don't see any hex angles on your caps, they look round to me, and the tool says "pull" indicating it might be used as a lever?

Damn fine machining for them to screw on if that's how they fit. If they pop on, you could always push them from the back.....

Usually "snap clip" center caps have a relief to get a small flat edge in there. Good luck!

 

[Waterjunky]

My vote is "one time use" involving a sawsall......

 

[HNL2LHC]

Don’t buy into the con job of having to buy specialty tools. A trip to harbor freight if you don’t have them....a big cold chisel and 5 lbs hammer is all you need. :looking:

My budnik caps had a snap type of retainer ring but it was not a cap that covered the lugs.

 

[4Waters]

Don’t buy into the con job of having to buy specialty tools. A trip to harbor freight if you don’t have them....a big cold chisel and 5 lbs hammer is all you need. :looking:

My budnik caps had a snap type of retainer ring but it was not a cap that covered the lugs.

I was thinking large Channel Locks

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

Anyone have any ideas now? I got the tool and it just turns and turns. If you pull outward with the tool, it just pops off and really doesn’t feel like it is lifting it away from the wheel.

 

[rivrrts429]

Can you get something behind the cap to help pry, or wedge, while you spin it?

 

[J&k beer can]

Put some duct tape over cap and Wrench to spin it and pull..

 

[4Waters]

Anyone have any ideas now? I got the tool and it just turns and turns. If you pull outward with the tool, it just pops off and really doesn’t feel like it is lifting it away from the wheel.

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It looks like an O-ring that holds it on, pull seems like the right thing to do, you just got to get ot in the right position. Maybe use construction paper as a shim between the wrench and the cap to give it a tighter fit.

Could you imagine dealing with this on the side of the road halfway between Havasu and Desert Center when it's 115°.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

It looks like an O-ring that holds it on, pull seems like the right thing to do, you just got to get ot in the right position. Maybe use construction paper as a shim between the wrench and the cap to give it a tighter fit.

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Could you imagine dealing with this on the side of the road halfway between Havasu and Desert Center when it's 115°.

But the wheels look cool.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

I believe you have to pull the wrench at an angle so the wrench catches on the cap. Like the motion of popping open a can of soda.

Put a towel on the ground, because invariably the cap will fall out of the wrench and onto the ground

Edit- you may need to shim those pads on the wrench for a tighter fit or as stated above use paper or card stock or tape between the wrench and the hex. The wrench needs to be a tight fit for it to work.

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

It looks like an O-ring that holds it on, pull seems like the right thing to do, you just got to get ot in the right position. Maybe use construction paper as a shim between the wrench and the cap to give it a tighter fit.

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Could you imagine dealing with this on the side of the road halfway between Havasu and Desert Center when it's 115°.

Right! That’s why I’m trying to figure it out now. Also want to change the bearings out to Timkens and try and ensure I don’t have an issue. I hate flats!

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Also if you can wiggle the cap at all shoot some windex into the groove, and spin the cap around. That might help.

 

[CLdrinker]

I would contact them.

 

[sonicss31]

Hope you get it off because I’m getting frustrated just reading this blog. Good luck.

 

[4Waters]

Hope you get it off because I’m getting frustrated just reading this blog. Good luck.

No shit, I feel like I should be a few beers deep right now

 

[FreeBird236]

I don't have that much patience, I'd already have a thin blade putty knife or screwdriver in there.

 

[jailbird141]

Maybe call Billet Specialties or drive to a tire shop?

 

[CLdrinker]

I can’t even find a fucking YouTube of it.

I could have sworn that my Colorado customs were threaded. It was back in 97-98 when I had it though.

@LakeMead Boater any idea

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

I can’t even find a fucking YouTube of it.

I could have sworn that my Colorado customers were threaded. It was back in 97-98 when I had it though.

@LakeMead Boater any idea

They were. Welds, billet Boyds and Colorado Customs were all threaded. The cast Boyd’s had a screw holding the cap in.

The original. Billet Specialties may have even been threaded too.

Why I remember this crap from the early 90s I have no idea.

 

[4Waters]

They were. Welds, billet Boyds and Colorado Customs were all threaded. The cast Boyd’s had a screw holding the cap in.

The original. Billet Specialties may have even been threaded too.

Why I remember this crap from the early 90s I have no idea.

Because you're a nerd, a car nerd.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Because you're a nerd, a car nerd.

I like to think I’m romanticizing my youth.

 

[SBMech]

I would be looking at a way to get behind it and push out, since the current information has it simply pressed into the recess with an o-ring keeping it secured.

It also does not have the flat areas on it for the wrench you bought to work? The picture produced by 4waters clearly shows the hex.

There is usually a few access holes to get into the axle area from the backing plate, as well as a hole or 2 unused in the axle hub, I'd be trying to get a long screwdriver or punch in there to attempt to push it out, even a little would allow you to get some wd40 or similar penetrant in there to help loosen it's grip.

 

[braindead]

How do you get these hubcaps off?

I used to have Billet Specialties on my truck, luckily the lugs were still exposed with the cap on. As others have said it’s an o ring that holds it in place, so try to squirt some lubricant inside and use a plastic pry bar or bondo putty applicator to pry with the plastic and twist with the wrench at the same time. Hitting the pry bar with a sander to thin the edge will help it get behind the cap.

 

[rrrr]

Park the boat in South LA overnight.

 

[HNL2LHC]

Wow, still not off? I was hoping that you got it taken care of by now.


BTW.....How many RDP Motor-heads does it take to remove a hubcap? I say it will be 32

 

[oldboatsrule]

If I was on the side of the road.
Step 1 remove leather belt
Step 2 wrap said belt around hex
Step 3 invent new cuss words while using tool in post #8


Seems you need a way to clamp and pull on that hex

Or a way to inject pressurized air from behind the cap

 

[MK1MOD0]

Step1). Pry off cap
step2). Throw in trash
step3). Go buy new wheels.

 

[spectra3279]

I say get a bfh(big fucking hammer) and whack the shit out of them till they bust off. Then get new wheels.

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[4Waters]

@COCA COLA COWBOY did you get them off yet?

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

I figured it out. The tool is worthless. A chissel to ease it away and then a crappy thin knife to wedge in behind is the way to go. It’s amazing how close the tolerances are on these wheels though.

 

[CLdrinker]

Ouch. I’m glad you got it off but those wheels are way to nice to take a chisel and knife to

call the number I posted on Monday and ask wtf
The secret is.

 

[CoolCruzin]

get some lube behind the cap .
(KY lube will work if you have nothing else )
Buy new o- rings before putting back on

 

[HNL2LHC]

Good to hear that you got it off and know how to do it moving forward.

 

[RadMan]

Congrats,
But I’m surprised no one recommended a suction aide, where is Grads anyways?

 

[WhatExit?]

It looks like an O-ring that holds it on, pull seems like the right thing to do, you just got to get ot in the right position. Maybe use construction paper as a shim between the wrench and the cap to give it a tighter fit.

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Could you imagine dealing with this on the side of the road halfway between Havasu and Desert Center when it's 115°.

You mean when the pavement is 130+ degrees?!

 

[4Waters]

You mean when the pavement is 130+ degrees?!

Yup

 

[hallett3]

Maybe this will work. Harbor freight has various sizes.

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

Maybe this will work. Harbor freight has various sizes. View attachment 1010730

That’s a great idea. I’m gonna buy some of those and grind them to a chissel like dull point.