How to remove wheel covers?

[KC1BUD]

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Originally Posted by justimagination Gary, Mike took the words right out of my mouth. My Ford chassis came with DIMPLE COVER'S that simply pull off to reveal the lug nut's to remove the wheel similator. Good luck, David G.

If you have the T handle tool as he said he did then they do not slip off.

[KC1BUD]

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Originally Posted by mfire1339 Gary, I believe your lug nut covers just pry off to reveal the lug nuts. Then lug nuts must all be removed to remove the covers. Mike

Only three of these type pry off to reveal the lugs. If on most of these wheel simulators you start prying willie nillie you will have a problem getting them back on as most are afixed to the wheel cover.

[Gary - K7GLD]

Followup on my own wheel covers - I finally got around to removing ALL the nut covers to see what was behind them:



As can be seen, *2* of the lug nut caps reveal that they do not retain the actual cover - but the others do - this is obviously a 5-lug wheel, the duals on the rear are 10-lug, and undoubtedly follow the same general theme. SO, the other revelation here, was how to REMOVE the nut caps for further wheel/tire service - and at least in my case, the nut caps are very firmly pushed on, and not removable without some form of tool. In my case, I used a pair of channel-lock pliers with the jaws taped up to allow a good grip without marring the cover - it's a necessary thing for those caps to be firmly attached, to prevent loss, and it's undoubtedly a good thing to know how they are secured, and to include proper tools for their removal when out on the road.