hub cap

sprie · May 21, 2024

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.

Wildefalcon · May 21, 2024

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

lynall · May 21, 2024

Hit it harder.

tottot · May 21, 2024

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

V8bob · May 21, 2024

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

Hicap phill · May 21, 2024

V8bob said:
Is that a Defender axle?
It looks like it has the groove to hold the rubber caps on?

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 · May 21, 2024

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 · May 23, 2024

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.

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.

ANK84 · May 25, 2024

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

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