Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:39:36 +0000
Reply-To: Odyssey Stickers <odyssey@SLIP.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Odyssey Stickers <odyssey@SLIP.NET>
Subject: Re: Haunted Hub Caps
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Back running....
After putting on the snow tires on the front of my new 87 vanagon in
February, I broke off one of the "clips" on the back of one of the hubcaps
pushing it on to the rusty/dirty rim. This clip holds the round wire tight
against the rim to keep it on there tight. So now my hubcap would not fit
flat against the rim where the clip broke off. What I did to keep it on was
to use a black wire tie through the plastic spoke of the hubcap in and out
of 2 adjacent holes in the rim. It helps if you use a very long one and bend
it in half push it through and then the bent part (the other end) just needs
to be pulled forward toward you and connected. Trim the excess off with a
pair of wire cutters.
This would keep your hubcaps from rotating I would think.
I was able to just gently twist the hubcap to break the wire tie when I had
to take the snows off last week. Using more than one tie could make it hard
to remove the hubcap so you'd need, scissors, wire cutters or even toe nail
clippers to cut the tie off if you get a flat so you don't reck your hubcap
getting it off if you get a flat.
This seemd to work as I really did not want to buy or get one hubcap, or get
a new set because I broke one clip on one.
Can anyone make me feel good and share some stupid ways they screwed up
there vanagon as i cracked the windshield in my vanagon Saturday loading it
up with wood. Flush there goes $150 add $10 if I want the tint on the top of
it.
Rob
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>From: EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Haunted Hub Caps
>Date: Mon, Apr 12, 1999, 11:21 AM
>
>This is a problem that GM had with some of there cars int
>the mid-80's....... You may be able to find out what they
>did about it, at a GM dealer.
>
> Eric 86-VW4x4
> vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z
> Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
>
>
>On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Duane Teske wrote:
>
>> Volks:
>>
>> I have an '85 Vanagon GL with a peculiar habit. After I get a few miles
>> on a new set of tires, the wheel covers start to slowly rotate in relation to
>> the wheel. This would be intresting physics, except that they eventually
>> smush the valve stems, sometimes causing a leak. I've tried balancing the
>> tires and switching the covers among the various wheels with limited sucess.
>> Maybe the covers are just too old and they've lost their fit. Anyone else
>> have this problem? People think I'm nuts.
>>
>> Duane
>>
>
