Reply To: 11BL Hubcaps

[BernieParticipant]

Paul,

My experience is that they appear to have been swaged originally but subsequent replacements have usually just been left loose.  Personally, if they appear well fixed, I would leave them thus unless I actually needed to remove the centres for replacement or re-plating.

I have removed really “stubborn” ones by placing the assembly over a piece of wood or similar material with a smooth-edged hole that just clears the chrome centre and then driving the centre out with a disc of similar soft(ish) material which just fits inside the centre.  If you are handy with a jigsaw you can produce both bits at once.

A blow near the outer edge of the centre usually persuades it to pop out but, to get it to go back in, you may have to work around the outside of the centre with a soft hammer to reduce the diameter sufficiently.

Thereafter I leave them loose – then if you lose a hubcap you still have a chance of finding one part of it

 

I would