Wheel Nut Cover Removal
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From: Macon NC
Wheel Nut Cover Removal
Well here goes my first post. I recently aquired a true American art form...a 98' red convertible. I quickly adopted this beauty as my 72' had passed (sold at retirement) ten years earlier. As I was checking out all the typical aliments for this vintage I read that I should have a key for removing the tires under a rear cover. It was missing. Since the TPM system is not completely working either, I thought I should check to see if the lock was on the wheel nuts. Thus my search for this forum and the 5 inch stack of shop manuals..."How to remove the Wheel nut covers". Well, I could not find that anywhere. So today, using a new flat paint stick, I pryed at the edge of the cover and...voila! the cover came off. I hesitate to post a photograph of the paint stick and operation and I don't mean to denegrate at all the wonderful posts with all the pictures...but if some new/old vett owner ever searches for wheel,nut,cover maybe he will find this post and proceed with confidence to uncover that which lies beneath. Vette's forever!
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Well here goes my first post. I recently aquired a true American art form...a 98' red convertible. I quickly adopted this beauty as my 72' had passed (sold at retirement) ten years earlier. As I was checking out all the typical aliments for this vintage I read that I should have a key for removing the tires under a rear cover. It was missing. Since the TPM system is not completely working either, I thought I should check to see if the lock was on the wheel nuts. Thus my search for this forum and the 5 inch stack of shop manuals..."How to remove the Wheel nut covers". Well, I could not find that anywhere. So today, using a new flat paint stick, I pryed at the edge of the cover and...voila! the cover came off. I hesitate to post a photograph of the paint stick and operation and I don't mean to denegrate at all the wonderful posts with all the pictures...but if some new/old vett owner ever searches for wheel,nut,cover maybe he will find this post and proceed with confidence to uncover that which lies beneath. Vette's forever!
Just use a socket, without the rachet, and unscrew them by hand. Don't over tighten when putting them back on.
