Hi,
My Fiesta has come back from the garage and the wheel nut covers now seem loose. One you could pull off. Made me think these must be pieces of metal covers over the actual nut.
Do these just push on in a certain way? I thought it was all one nut, however now seem like it is a cover over the nut which is underneath it.
This is mk7 Fiesta with standard alloys fitted. Any help would be grateful. I can't see why the garage has removed these caps / covers in the first place.
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Posted 12 November 2012 - 10:17 PM
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Posted 12 November 2012 - 10:58 PM
They are very poor quality covers on the nut. They will split apart and fall off.
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Posted 12 November 2012 - 11:10 PM
Oh so they are a cover? I've never noticed before as when I have taken the wheel off before I've never taken the nut cover off.
Is there no way of "pushing" them back on to keep them tight?
Can you buy new covers or do you need new nuts?
Is there no way of "pushing" them back on to keep them tight?
Can you buy new covers or do you need new nuts?
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Posted 14 November 2012 - 07:33 AM
Have a dig around on eBay, there are quite a few sellers with nut covers available.
They're just simple push fit cosmetic touches.
Just make sure you order the right sizes.
They're just simple push fit cosmetic touches.
Just make sure you order the right sizes.
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Posted 14 November 2012 - 01:42 PM
I super glued the one loose one we had on the SportKA and its been holding OK for the last two years.
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Posted 14 November 2012 - 10:25 PM
So if they are push on, then does that mean they have not been pushed on properly before? They wont pull off completely by hand when I pulled this morning, however they are sliding up and down.
I never knew they were covers, thought they were all part of the nut.
I never knew they were covers, thought they were all part of the nut.
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Posted 14 November 2012 - 11:19 PM
I think there are two types of Ford alloy wheel nut as we found on my son's Mk6 Fiesta when we changed the alloy wheels. Open nuts and closed nuts. The open nuts do not have covers whereas the closed ones do and will require a slightly smaller wheelbrace size to remove if the covers go missing. I thought it was strange that the standard wheelbrace didn't fit one or two of the wheelnuts until we spotted that there were the two different types of wheelnut fitted to his car.
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Posted 03 February 2013 - 07:01 PM
Ford standard nuts are extremly low quality,
Ive had my wheel brace socket put out of shape due to loose nut caps rotating on the nut when turning.
I had to remove the caps by tapping the centre and pulling them off, took alot of wasted time,
I plan to purchase some replacment ones but not from ford they are a disaster.
Ive had my wheel brace socket put out of shape due to loose nut caps rotating on the nut when turning.
I had to remove the caps by tapping the centre and pulling them off, took alot of wasted time,
I plan to purchase some replacment ones but not from ford they are a disaster.
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