If you've had the same problem with two different grease caps, I'd say the problem is with your hub. Just a guess. In trying to make modern-sized grease caps fit some old trailer hubs, I have mounted the caps in a vice and pried the circumference of the cap edge slightly outward with a pair of pliers, slowly working my way around the cap. The result was a nice snug fit, as long as you begin with something reasonably close. Jim On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 3:39 PM, C Snyder <titantic01@aol.com> wrote: > Here is a part I have never paid much attention to until the other day when > I pulled the hub cap. What I found was that the greese cap for fmy 1987 with > 2 wheel drive is not seating on the spindle. If I knock it back on it > won't stay. the only thing that keeps it on at all is becaause the speedo > cable is fastend to it. I also put a wire around the cable to help hold it > in place. > > > > > > I ordered a new one from a list vendor and I got it to go on maybe a little > but it wil not go on all the way on the hub. What gives? Did VW not make it > a little to small to to go ver the hub like it should?? The other side > without the square hole is fine and it does fit as intended. > > > > > > Thanks for any comment here. > > > > > > Chris > |
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