What's a "modern-day" fellow supposed to do when it comes time to replace those confounded hub-cap retaining clips?
The factory riveted them in place, not sure how to replicate here at home with Ma.
I'd be delighted to hear.
Clips, Oh the Clips (Of the Wheel)
- hambone
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Clips, Oh the Clips (Of the Wheel)
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- zabo
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Re: Clips, Oh the Clips (Of the Wheel)
you can buy a tool to help with the rivets.
http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/Detai ... =111601000
After loosing three of my hubcaps from my wide fives I gave up, drilled out the rivets and used some flat machine screws to hold them on.
3yrs now and no lost caps yet
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After loosing three of my hubcaps from my wide fives I gave up, drilled out the rivets and used some flat machine screws to hold them on.
3yrs now and no lost caps yet
60 beetle
78 bus
78 bus
- hambone
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Re: Clips, Oh the Clips (Of the Wheel)
Screw th' tool, I'm low budget. I like your machine-screw approach. Did you use self-tapping screws? Any nuts?
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- zabo
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Re: Clips, Oh the Clips (Of the Wheel)
small machine screws inserted from the back of the wheel with lock nuts. Makes changing broken clips a lot easier too
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78 bus
78 bus
- hambone
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Re: Clips, Oh the Clips (Of the Wheel)
Great idea, thanks! I will do it.
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- Hippie
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Re: Clips, Oh the Clips (Of the Wheel)
What he said. Screw the tool and screw the clips (on). That tool sucks. I could never get the rivets to seat correctly and used stainless steel machine screws and lock nuts too.hambone wrote:Screw th' tool, I'm low budget...