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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Columbia, MO
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Hubcap Retention Policy
Greetings--
I've been having trouble keeping my front left dog-dish hubcap on lately. Took a fairly sharp turn this weekend and off she went onto the local golf course. ![]() That being said, I've just finished restoring my set of stainless caps that will be going on it soon and I really don't want those to start flying away on me. Any tips? My first thought would be to move it to a rear wheel to see if that helps during the turns or perhaps move the entire wheel to the rear. I can remember them falling off every now and again when my grandfather owned it that past 40 years so it's nothing new apparently. Thanks.
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Re: Hubcap Retention Policy
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Re: Hubcap Retention Policy
I've never had a hubcap fall off,and I've run many a truck with them. I imaging if one does it's either mis-shaped or stretched out somehow. The only time I've seen them come off is on 4wds hitting the deep mud or water real hard. And,that's the front ones,only. I figure it's hydraulic pressure from water/mud being forced into the little bit of space around the hub with nowhere to go once in there.
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Re: Hubcap Retention Policy
I "flung a flipper" on my '54 Ford, one day. Enlisted a girl friend to ride with me and revisited my path....and I was 12 miles from home...and she spotted it in a ditch. Guess nobody wanted those Lancer 4-bars if they only found one.
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Re: Hubcap Retention Policy
Lost the front left again but found it on the same golf course! Time to swap that one to the back I suppose. Three of my wheels came from the same mid-80's Chevy truck. The fourth came from a different donor. I'm guessing that may be the wheel that is giving me troubles.
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