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1948F-1Pickup · 01-13-2019, 05:56 PM

Just put new hubcaps on new powdercoated rims from Wheelsmith.
These caps are TIGHT. (Like on a scale of 1 to 10, where 5 is more
than adequate, these guys are about a 10) I was able to smack them
into place without denting them but like I said, they're tight.

How do I get these things off the rims? (I'm hoping not to have to
make a tool for a slide hammer.....)

wga · 01-13-2019, 06:13 PM

Bob Drake has a tool for removing hubcaps

19Fordy · 01-13-2019, 06:15 PM

Use a firm plastic Bondo spreader. Gently place the spreader between the cap and the rim and tap it with a hammer at several places around the perimeter. It will lift off. Would it be OK for you to sand away some of the powder coating where the cap fit?

38bill · 01-13-2019, 06:27 PM

Did you purchase the hub caps from Wheelsmith? Seems to me that they warned me about other brands fitting their wheel nibs.

1948F-1Pickup · 01-13-2019, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wga

Bob Drake has a tool for removing hubcaps

Thanks for that. Really looks like it would do the job perfectly.
The rims were a frickkin' fortune..... don't want to mod them or scratch them.

https://www.bobdrake.com/FordItem.as...3-11ebd3c96410

paul2748 · 01-13-2019, 08:45 PM

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Something like these may work

TomT/Williamsburg · 01-13-2019, 11:26 PM

I have some humcaps like that. I use an old drum brake adjuster arm with a rag on the end and pop them off. I use a rubber mallet to install them ....

petehoovie · 01-13-2019, 11:36 PM

The 'Wheel Wizard' from Bob Drake works really well and will not dent or scratch the hubcap/wheel cover. I used it on the powder coated wheel covers and wheels on my '37 and it didn't leave a mark.

See > https://www.bobdrake.com/FordItem.as...3-11ebd3c96410

1948F-1Pickup · 01-14-2019, 03:30 PM

Already ordered it......

petehoovie · 01-14-2019, 04:56 PM

Wheel Wizard video > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mayIT2jQ_G0

1948F-1Pickup · 01-19-2019, 07:49 PM

Got my Wheel Wizard today....... modded the hook end (circled in red) to make it fit the super tight hubcap/rim gaps I have.
Works like a charm now.

01-13-2019, 06:13 PM	#2
wga Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Yorba Linda, CA Posts: 897	Re: Today's stupid question Bob Drake has a tool for removing hubcaps __________________ Henry Ford designed the flathead without the aid of a computer.

01-13-2019, 06:15 PM	#3
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 10,925	Re: Today's stupid question Use a firm plastic Bondo spreader. Gently place the spreader between the cap and the rim and tap it with a hammer at several places around the perimeter. It will lift off. Would it be OK for you to sand away some of the powder coating where the cap fit?

01-13-2019, 06:27 PM	#4
38bill Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,165	Re: Today's stupid question Did you purchase the hub caps from Wheelsmith? Seems to me that they warned me about other brands fitting their wheel nibs.

01-13-2019, 11:26 PM	#7
TomT/Williamsburg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Williamsburg, Virginia Posts: 2,654	Re: Today's stupid question I have some humcaps like that. I use an old drum brake adjuster arm with a rag on the end and pop them off. I use a rubber mallet to install them .... __________________ Run to the LA Roadster Show - 2016 My Run to Bonneville - 2013 My 32 5-Window Build My Run to the LSRU

01-13-2019, 11:36 PM	#8
petehoovie Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 8,077	Re: Today's stupid question The 'Wheel Wizard' from Bob Drake works really well and will not dent or scratch the hubcap/wheel cover. I used it on the powder coated wheel covers and wheels on my '37 and it didn't leave a mark. See > https://www.bobdrake.com/FordItem.as...3-11ebd3c96410 __________________ The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... *"Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!"* "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0

01-14-2019, 03:30 PM	#9
1948F-1Pickup Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Socal Posts: 795	Re: Today's stupid question Already ordered it......

01-14-2019, 04:56 PM	#10
petehoovie Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 8,077	Re: Today's stupid question Wheel Wizard video > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mayIT2jQ_G0 __________________ The only thing nice about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.... *"Silver rings, your butt! Them's washers!"* "We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of steel holes!" - from 'The Wild Bunch' - 1969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NReUd2_0u0