by atkinsonguy <atkinsonguy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Mar 10, 2008 at 05:47 AM
On Mar 9, 3:50=A0pm, "CHARLES REAR" <charles.r...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I have a 52 plate 1.6 Focus. I have had it a year and so far have not
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ed
> to take any of the wheels off. Today I noticed one of the wheel nuts
looke=
d
> different. On closer inspection it appears the nuts have a cover on the
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d,
> and one of the covers is missing. I checked the other wheels and one
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> is missing from the other side. I'm sure it has only happened recently.
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e
> these covers just cosmetic? And is this a normal occurrence? I should
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> said they are alloy wheels, I think original equipment.
The covers are cosmetic and the weld/solder that holds the cover to
the nut breaks after repeated tire removals. I have ~80k miles on my
93 SE Wagon [US] and all of the caps are loose. What I do after having
my tires rotated and balanced is to take a pair of pliers and pull off
the very loose caps, use the plires to crimp the opening of the cap
and then tap it back on with a hammer. New lug nuts w/caps cost ~$2.50
