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sprie

Active Member

• May 21, 2024

• #1

This is so simple, but I don't know what is right.
I have 4 new hub caps - i thought i would just tap them over the hub and that would be that.
But they don't seem to want to fit.
I put a tiny bit of grease over the hub and also tried heating up the cap first with a torch to see if that would help, but they don't seem to want to go on.
If this is what they are, maybe i just need to hit them with a sledge hammer, but that doesn't feel right.

 

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Wildefalcon

Well-Known Member

• May 21, 2024

• #2

You need an O ring. And a dead blow mallet.

 

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lynall

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Full Member

• May 21, 2024

• #3

Hit it harder.

 

tottot

Well-Known Member

• May 21, 2024

• #4

And if the hammer does not work fetch a bigger one [ I have a large rubber one ] oow-err.

 

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V8bob

Well-Known Member

• May 21, 2024

• #5

Is that a Defender axle?
It looks like it has the groove to hold the rubber caps on?

 

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Hicap phill

Well-Known Member

• May 21, 2024

• #6

V8bob said:

Is that a Defender axle?
It looks like it has the groove to hold the rubber caps on?

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Looks like a series to me

Are the ends( rubber not metal)different on a S2 to a S3?

And yep S1 are metal

 

tottot

Well-Known Member

• May 21, 2024

• #7

I use series axle caps on my Ninety, They can take a tonk and even if knocked off [ and found] can be refitted.

 

British Leyland Rover

Active Member

• May 23, 2024

• #8

sprie said:

This is so simple, but I don't know what is right.
I have 4 new hub caps - i thought i would just tap them over the hub and that would be that.
But they don't seem to want to fit.
I put a tiny bit of grease over the hub and also tried heating up the cap first with a torch to see if that would help, but they don't seem to want to go on.
If this is what they are, maybe i just need to hit them with a sledge hammer, but that doesn't feel right.

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This is a job I did at the weekend. Hitting the end of the cap can dent it, instead use a block of wood and tap around the lip working your way round and eventually it lines up and gives a good friction fit.

 

Last edited: May 28, 2024

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ANK84

Member

• May 25, 2024

• #9

Not that this is a job I’ve yet done on mine, but I’m told that a hub spanner works really well to get these on without damaging the cone. It is the right diameter to fit all around the lip so can then be tapped on equally around the hub