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cheyenne10 · 11-30-2009, 01:23 AM

How do I carefully remove the black nut covers from my center caps on 2007 GMC 2500HD PYO aluminum wheels. Need to swap some and clean caps.

Gray Ghost · 11-30-2009, 08:45 AM

All of them I have seen have threads and back off with a lug wrench.

cheyenne10 · 11-30-2009, 11:27 AM

I would like to remove the nut caps from the center caps themselves if that makes sense.

Mine also thread onto the lug nuts to hold the center cap to the wheel.

Gray Ghost · 11-30-2009, 11:31 AM

Hmmm....sounds like the ones on my wife's S10....they come off the exact same way as far as I know. I just bought one at the stealership last week...it was $3 and change.

I am not sure about any other type but these are one piece units.

**bwood** · 12-01-2009, 12:10 AM

If the covers stay in the center cap when it is removed, you should be able to push them from the inside throught the front of the center cap. If you can't do it with your fingers, you can take a large/heavy screwdriver, and set it in the nut cover, then just lift the screwdriver and drop it into the cap. This is how I got them from my Mom's Buick.

If that doesnt' work you could do it the way I caught them doing it at Wal-Mart last week, put the impact on it and run it wide open and just go from cap to cap "NASCAR Style" and then drop the center cap in the floor, this knocked a few out. If you want them all out, just drop it harder. I was there getting some tires adjusted out, I let the customer who's car they were working on know about it. He went out there to say something, they were putting them on with about the same care as they took them off. They were forcing the caps back on without starting the threads and just holding the impact on them till they slowed down. The customer wore out the guy doing the work, and before I left, he had every manager in the store out the the shop.

**truckdude239** · 12-01-2009, 07:30 PM

need a picture of the center cap you are working on

11-30-2009, 01:23 AM	#1
cheyenne10 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,512	removing nut covers How do I carefully remove the black nut covers from my center caps on 2007 GMC 2500HD PYO aluminum wheels. Need to swap some and clean caps. __________________ Bob

11-30-2009, 08:45 AM	#2
Gray Ghost Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Terrell, TX Posts: 1,967	Re: removing nut covers All of them I have seen have threads and back off with a lug wrench. __________________ Kelly '05 GMC Sierra SLE Z71 Bone stock except for new bed rail caps.

11-30-2009, 11:27 AM	#3
cheyenne10 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,512	Re: removing nut covers I would like to remove the nut caps from the center caps themselves if that makes sense. Mine also thread onto the lug nuts to hold the center cap to the wheel. __________________ Bob

11-30-2009, 11:31 AM	#4
Gray Ghost Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Terrell, TX Posts: 1,967	Re: removing nut covers Hmmm....sounds like the ones on my wife's S10....they come off the exact same way as far as I know. I just bought one at the stealership last week...it was $3 and change. I am not sure about any other type but these are one piece units. __________________ Kelly '05 GMC Sierra SLE Z71 Bone stock except for new bed rail caps.

12-01-2009, 12:10 AM	#5
bwood Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Denison, Texas Posts: 1,919	Re: removing nut covers If the covers stay in the center cap when it is removed, you should be able to push them from the inside throught the front of the center cap. If you can't do it with your fingers, you can take a large/heavy screwdriver, and set it in the nut cover, then just lift the screwdriver and drop it into the cap. This is how I got them from my Mom's Buick. If that doesnt' work you could do it the way I caught them doing it at Wal-Mart last week, put the impact on it and run it wide open and just go from cap to cap "NASCAR Style" and then drop the center cap in the floor, this knocked a few out. If you want them all out, just drop it harder. I was there getting some tires adjusted out, I let the customer who's car they were working on know about it. He went out there to say something, they were putting them on with about the same care as they took them off. They were forcing the caps back on without starting the threads and just holding the impact on them till they slowed down. The customer wore out the guy doing the work, and before I left, he had every manager in the store out the the shop. __________________ 1998 GMC Sierra SLE 1/2 ton 2WD 305 Vortec -Gibson Stainless Cat Back Swept Side -SS Wheels 2005 Honda CRF250R 2006 Honda CRF150F Last edited by bwood; 12-01-2009 at 12:14 AM.

12-01-2009, 07:30 PM	#6
truckdude239 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lewisville, Nc Posts: 10,238	Re: removing nut covers need a picture of the center cap you are working on __________________ David fuller Ase Certified Mechanic Click here to help support our board!! 1971 Chevy c-10 under going a 4.8l LSx swap Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=421305 2007 Honda Accord my daily 145kmiles 2002 Honda Accord 4 door With 330k(sisters car) 2005 toyota Avalon 228k( brothers car) 2002 Sububran 5.3 245k 2000 Tahoe 5.3l 378 General manager for Marco's Carwash & lube



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