Wheel Cover: Service and Repair

REMOVAL - WHEEL COVER

NOTE: When un-threading the wheel cover retaining nuts from the wheel nuts, it is recommended that a hand wrench be used and not an impact wrench. Use of an impact wrench could result in damage to the wheel cover retaining nuts.





1. Un-thread the 5 nuts attaching the wheel cover to the wheel nuts .
2. Grasp the wheel cover and pull straight outward from the wheel. This will remove the wheel cover from the wheel.

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
1. Align the valve notch in the wheel cover with the valve stem on the wheel. Align the wheel cover retaining nuts with the externally threaded wheel nuts.
2. By hand, start to thread all 5 of the wheel cover retaining nuts onto the externally-threaded wheel nuts.

NOTE: When tightening the wheel cover retaining nuts it is recommended that a hand wrench be used and not an impact wrench. Use of an impact wrench could result in damage to the wheel cover retaining nuts.

NOTE: To avoid rattling of the wheel cover, be sure all five retaining nuts are correctly tightened using the procedure described in the following step.





3. Progressively tighten each of the wheel cover retaining nuts following the pattern shown in the figure. Repeat the tightening sequence at least one more time. If a retaining nut "jumps" a thread (slips), which is an override feature of the retaining nut, retighten all the nuts again following the proper tightening sequence to a point just prior to the thread slip occurring.

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.