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CHARLES REAR - 09 Mar 2008 20:50 GMT

I have a 52 plate 1.6 Focus. I have had it a year and so far have not needed
to take any of the wheels off. Today I noticed one of the wheel nuts looked
different. On closer inspection it appears the nuts have a cover on the end,
and one of the covers is missing. I checked the other wheels and one cover
is missing from the other side. I'm sure it has only happened recently. Are
these covers just cosmetic? And is this a normal occurrence? I should have
said they are alloy wheels, I think original equipment.

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atkinsonguy - 10 Mar 2008 13:47 GMT

> I have a 52 plate 1.6 Focus. I have had it a year and so far have not needed
> to take any of the wheels off. Today I noticed one of the wheel nuts looked
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> these covers just cosmetic? And is this a normal occurrence? I should have
> said they are alloy wheels, I think original equipment.

The covers are cosmetic and the weld/solder that holds the cover to
the nut breaks after repeated tire removals. I have ~80k miles on my
93 SE Wagon [US] and all of the caps are loose. What I do after having
my tires rotated and balanced is to take a pair of pliers and pull off
the very loose caps, use the plires to crimp the opening of the cap
and then tap it back on with a hammer. New lug nuts w/caps cost ~$2.50

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