How do you tighten your hubcaps?

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: How do you tighten your hubcaps?
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Skip Wheeler on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 03:50 pm:

I am running metal wheels on my '26 Roadster. My hubcaps rattle horribly. I have taken the wheels off and tried my best to bend some of the tabs to reduce the rattle; however, I am having a hard time bending them through the hub. I thought some of you might have a trick you use and could share it here for us newbies.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Frank van Ekeren (Australia) on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 04:05 pm:

I just put some plumbers silicone on the inside tabs.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roger Karlsson, southern Sweden on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 04:10 pm:

Bend the tabs back so you can take out the hubcap. Put a narrow strip of duct tape around the hubcap in the tab area so it won't show when the hubcap is back in the wheel.

You can still bend a few tabs with the tape on, but the tape will keep the hubcap tighter and silent. You don't have to use all tabs - if they break you still have a few left for the next time you may want to take it off.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jerry VanOoteghem on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 04:27 pm:

Put an O-Ring around the cap in the groove between the ridge at the back of the cap & the wheel nose.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Tomaso - Milton,WA on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 06:58 pm:

Ditto on Jerry's comment !


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Young in Mays Landing, NJ on Sunday, October 26, 2014 - 12:51 pm:

Silicone on the inside after bending the tabs worked fine for me.


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