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FlaFFy_91
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17th Jan 13 at 18:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
So I bought my centre caps for my mo's and they don't fit. But not because of the wheel. But because if the drums on the back. They for sound in the fronts but on the back because the wall of the drum is thicker they won't fit between the drum centre and the wheel centre. If that makes any sense?
Now... Do I grind down the centre of the drum in work for it to fit it do I fob them off or any other advice?
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17th Jan 13 at 18:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Leave them off, look pants with those centre caps.
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If you fob them off ill buy them are they these ones?

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=121051670424&index=2&nav=SEARCH&nid=57514975627
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17th Jan 13 at 18:32   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yes them ones Sean but the brand new plastic ones fresh from compomotive. And corsa_sport there not the plate ones. See my build thread there the new ones I've just bought

Basically what I want to know if would you say it's dangerous for me to grind away my drum. The bit that sticks out for the wheel to sit around
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17th Jan 13 at 18:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Fit spacers?
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It's not that there not deep enough. It's that the bit of the hub that sticks out. It's too wide. So there's only let's say a 3mm gap between the centre of the drum and the centre of the wheels but there needs to be 5mm to fit the caps in
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17th Jan 13 at 20:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
can you not take it of stick it on a lathe and take a bit of
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17th Jan 13 at 21:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yer that's what I was going to do. Just wondering if its safe or not was all realy or if anyone had any other ideas
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I wouldnt bother going through all that trouble to fit a cap? Is there anyway you can mod the actual cap to fit?
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17th Jan 13 at 21:32   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Without cutting the claw bits off and just glueing the cap to the wheel. But that's Lot of effort to go through every time I change my tyres aswell :/
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Fitting a 5mm spacer is probably your best bet, 5mm is quite alot to grind away

Don't cut the caps incase you don't want them I can buy them then

[Edited on 17-01-2013 by Sean]
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Id just do what sean said if not glue them! I certainly wouldnt be grinding 5mm away from my hub just for a plastic cap
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17th Jan 13 at 22:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Wouldn't it put more stress on the wheel nuts? Less support from the centre bore
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17th Jan 13 at 22:16   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I don't want to cut the caps don't worry Sean

Ill have a hunt for some spacers and see if it helps.

Going to need to buy some new bolts for them now.
Anyone got a decent link to some wheel bolts...
Preferably a touch longer than standard to make up for the spacers?
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17th Jan 13 at 22:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Stud and nut conversion from demon Tweeks, the more expensive ones as they don't stretch with heat
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^^ that's a good idea not just for spacers, I have all the bits and I am doing it to the nova. Not to expensive either.
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got them on mine, think the about £8 for each wheel for the stud and nut
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17th Jan 13 at 23:27   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That's a good idea to be fair. Hmmm. Ill price it up now. Anyone know the thread size for the corsa's??
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18th Jan 13 at 00:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've got them on mine... I just grounded them down abit, think broke take or two off deliberately too
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18th Jan 13 at 00:08   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What did you grind down? The drum centre?
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18th Jan 13 at 00:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Definatly not. The cap. Trimmed with Stanley knife
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Got a picture of it mate? Did you just trim the claws off and shave it down thinner?
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Yeah, I didn't take a pic of that though
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18th Jan 13 at 09:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
fit proper centre cap with wheels and get stickers made up
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18th Jan 13 at 11:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I've bought the proper centre caps lee. Hence this hole post. because they don't quite fit properly. And I don't need stickers there the proper pressed ones mate

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