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Wheel Cover Retaining Nut

REMOVAL - WHEEL COVER RETAINING NUT

1. Remove the wheel cover from the wheel.

NOTE: The retaining nut flange cannot be forced past the large retaining tab. When removing the retaining nut from wheel cover, the flange on the nut must instead be forced past the 2 small retaining tabs.





2. From the back side of the wheel cover, push outward and tilt the retaining nut sideways forcing the flange on the retaining nut past the 2 small retaining tabs in the retaining nut hole of the wheel cover, then remove the retaining nut from the wheel cover by pushing or pulling it from the hole in the wheel cover.

INSTALLATION - WHEEL COVER RETAINING NUT
1. Install the retaining nut into the hole of wheel cover with the retaining nut flange positioned under the large retaining tab first, then push the nut flange past the small tabs snapping the nut into place.
2. Reinstall the wheel cover.