hub cap removal

[gptom]

I just repainted my steel wheels. How to remove the hubcaps with out scratching the wheels again. Does someone make a special tool in leau of using a screwdriver?

[ossiblue]

I just noted you stated "steel wheels" so the tool, above will not work as it's for Fuchs hubcaps that have the holes.

You might try a nylon(?) auto trim removing tool. Something like this:

[86 911 Targa]

Originally Posted by ossiblue

I just noted you stated "steel wheels" so the tool, above will not work as it's for Fuchs hubcaps that have the holes.

You might try a nylon(?) auto trim removing tool. Something like this:

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[gptom]

Thank you. I just picked up a set @ HF and they work great. I will them in the trunk

Tom

[Joe Bob]

Drill holes on the side of the cap, use a two prong puller.

[ChrisBennet]

I "walk" them out by hitting one side with something non-marring like a stick of wood and a hammer, then rotate the wheel 180 degrees and repeated. It takes a few wacks but they come right out/off.

Edit: OK, I may have been confused. I was thinking the poster meant the actual grease cap/hub cap.

[Baby]

pull the wheels and pop them out from the inside. i use a screwdriver handle.

[Joe Bob]

Originally Posted by Baby

pull the wheels and pop them out from the inside. i use a screwdriver handle.

How if the covers cover the lug nuts?

[Baby]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

How if the covers cover the lug nuts?

I assumed his wheels are steelies with the little cover over the axle end rather than the casserole dishes. If the later and in lieu of a trim tool or a windshield bone, a plastic scraper or old credit card works. We didn't have any tools in the house where I grew up, and I know for a fact that the narrow, metal cake spatula in the cooking utensil drawer worked great to pull a cap from my dad's vw without scratching it or the wheel.

[Joe Bob]

I can live with that....