Hello All,
Between leaving Nac and stopping in a rest stop at 5am on I-40 just outside Nashville TN,
I lost the rear axle cover from the passenger dual as well as all 10 lug nut covers.
I did a walk around the coach and toad after stopping but honestly I was so tired I didn't
notice if they were missing. When I went to leave at 730am, I did a walk around and
did notice that they were missing.
2 questions--what are the chances that they fell off while driving or stolen at rest stop?
I mean I could see losing the wheel cover and some lug nut covers but all 10???
Second--The wheel cover seem to be aluminum but I see plastic ones available.
http://www.empirechromeshop.com/p-8162-alcoa-chrome-plastic-one-piece-snap-on-rear-axle-cover-for-33mm-lug-nuts.aspx (http://www.empirechromeshop.com/p-8162-alcoa-chrome-plastic-one-piece-snap-on-rear-axle-cover-for-33mm-lug-nuts.aspx)
Does anyone have a source for the aluminum covers?
Thanks--Jim
I have the plastic/ chrome ones and they look fine. Alcoa does have a 1 pce unit that covers and has nut covers built in. I think someone took them while you were not looking(or sleeping)
JohnH
Realistically, it probably takes ONE of the plastic nuts to hold the entire cover in place...........so I doubt it fell off.
Actually 2 or 3 to hold it in place
JohnH
Some one lifted one of mine, too. I believe it was at the Love's in Barstow where I stopped for about a 4 hour nap. You'd think anyone with a need for one could afford to buy one. I found the nuts on ebay and the main cover from a trucking outfit online. I forget the number. No, all 10 nuts, all 10 thread sections, and the center hubcap are not gonna leave without a bit of help. I think it was around the $100 mark for me to get the pieces.
Oh...and everything is plastic.
i had mine come off on a turn into a FLying J. A guy came up and said here these fell off your unit as you were tturning in. Yup they did. All of them came off at once, so I drove home the rest of the way and used my spare nuts to put the old cover back on. Now I need more spares.
Why I have changed from all the push on nuts to every other is now a screw on nut, no more loose rattling hub covers, lost nut covers. If someone is going to steal then, they will need the plastic tool or a large socket.
All my nuts are threaded screw on. The little bumps on the cover or nut (can't remeber) make it stay tight. I had quite a few on the front that were stripped out from over tightening. But, the back wheel studs are longer and stick out more thread--the stud was long enough to find good threads on the stripped nuts.
I have the plastic wrench, but I just make them hand snug. They ain't going anywhere!