Alcoa Hubcaps issue

[ImNoSpaz]

Got 2 of them off. Dually's have that thick metal ring that centers the lug nuts. Behind that ring was a chrome (rust) ring with about a 3/8th's inch lip coming towards you. The hub caps simply push on over that lip. There is a detent like I thought, but it's useless. I soaked them with some knocker loose I still had for 3 days.

I used an old fabric strap oil wrench on the rear cap. Twisted that on as tight as I could until it looked like is was going to crush the cap, then twisted and yanked as hard as I could. When I hit the ground, the cap was off I used a bigger strap wrench for large pipe on the front. Same way, same result. The other 2 are soaking.

Now off to spend a mint for some new tires and get this thing home. Got lucky because the studs are long enough to put those Alcoa's on. Dang lug nuts cost me $120! Then again, there are 32 of them.