#1: Chrome wheel nuts/caps Author: Mounty, Location: United KingdomPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:26 pm ---- Just bought my first 206 this week.
No manual with it, just a wheel brace & no jack.
I've been looking at the wheel nuts on the alloys and these look like chrome plastic caps? Just wondering how I get these off as no tool with the car and caps are too big for wheel brace.
Any help appreciated
#2: Re: Chrome wheel nuts/caps Author: L5_UKS, Location: West MidlandsPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:28 pm ---- Welcome along
Just a long nose pair of pliers or if what I do if I haven't got one a set to hand is use 2 coins put one of either side and pull them out
#3: Re: Chrome wheel nuts/caps Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 2:41 pm ----
Mounty wrote:
Just bought my first 206 this week.
No manual with it, just a wheel brace & no jack.
I've been looking at the wheel nuts on the alloys and these look like chrome plastic caps? Just wondering how I get these off as no tool with the car and caps are too big for wheel brace.
Any help appreciated
Should be a yellow plastic tool clipped to the wheel brace for removing the caps on the alloy bolts.
The jack lives inside a plastic box, lower the spare wheel down & you should find it inside there
Also a good idea to grease up the wheel cage lowering bolt as they rust up.
#4: Re: Chrome wheel nuts/caps Author: Mounty, Location: United KingdomPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 2:51 am ---- Ok, cheers to both of you for advice. No yellow tool in car so will have a look in the spare. Had only tried with my fingers to get caps off so no real effort been applied yet.
Are the bolt hole spacings on the Pug 4 x 108?
#5: Re: Chrome wheel nuts/caps Author: DeadEyePaul, Location: Rugby,WarwickshirePosted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:41 am ---- Yes 108x4
I use a flat bladed screw driver to lever them off at all angles.
The jack the car comes with is rubbish and will break with 1-2 uses. Probably why you dont have one?
Invest in a trolley jack and some axle stands, well worth it
#6: Re: Chrome wheel nuts/caps Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:59 am ----
DeadEyePaul wrote:
The jack the car comes with is rubbish and will break with 1-2 uses.
The standard jack is perfectly fine for it's intended use of changing a wheel at the roadside IF its used CORRECTLY.
#7: Re: Chrome wheel nuts/caps Author: rosewel, Location: Melton MowbrayPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:08 pm ----
Mounty wrote:
Just bought my first 206 this week.
No manual with it, just a wheel brace & no jack.
I've been looking at the wheel nuts on the alloys and these look like chrome plastic caps? Just wondering how I get these off as no tool with the car and caps are too big for wheel brace.
Any help appreciated
Maybe i should have a look and see if i have a jack, i've never thought of looking
#8: Re: Chrome wheel nuts/caps Author: Mounty, Location: United KingdomPosted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:29 pm ---- I can confirm that long nosed pliers work a treat with the caps.
Have got a trolley jack so just need a pair of axle stands, don't like the creaking noises when its suspended by just the jack.
Have had a thorough inspection today so now posting a new topic with a few questions.
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