Alloy Wheel Centre's Fitting
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Birchall
Dick Chown Award 2016
There is a certain position where one of the parts of the centre avoids a round bump on the alloy.
You will find that the centre cap can go on in any angle as long as this bump lines up with one of the indentations.
The other thing to add is that if you have bought non-OEM ones they have weaker centre rings and can be loose no matter what position you put them in.
Steve B
Skipton01
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Yes - genuine centre caps all have a locating lug which juts out and fits into a slot in the alloy to ensure the cap is oriented correctly.
However, if you mis-locate it, this will also mean that you can't seat the cap fully.
Most caps rely on a circular wire passing inside a load of plastic prongs and this wire ensures the prongs are tensioned correctly and will hold the cap in place. This photo shows the circular wire quite nicely:
In the following photo, you can see the locating lug, which on the 17" alloy is moulded into the wheel itself (it's the little nobble at the 3 o'clock position of the wheel bolt area here)
On the 16" wheel, you can see there's 3 locating nobbles, spaced so the cap can only fit one way:
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Michael
However, if you mis-locate it, this will also mean that you can't seat the cap fully.
Most caps rely on a circular wire passing inside a load of plastic prongs and this wire ensures the prongs are tensioned correctly and will hold the cap in place. This photo shows the circular wire quite nicely:
In the following photo, you can see the locating lug, which on the 17" alloy is moulded into the wheel itself (it's the little nobble at the 3 o'clock position of the wheel bolt area here)
On the 16" wheel, you can see there's 3 locating nobbles, spaced so the cap can only fit one way:
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Michael