Dumb question: removing wheel covers, and right-hand lugs?

[Big_John]

Nice but hard to find. I haven't seen one for sale in a very long time.

Amazon has them.

https://www.amazon.com/Ken-Tool-315...1721387548&sprefix=hubcap+tool,aps,142&sr=8-6

https://www.amazon.com/JEGS-80857-H...1721387548&sprefix=hubcap+tool,aps,142&sr=8-5

https://www.amazon.com/Steelman-750...87548&sprefix=hubcap+tool,aps,142&sr=8-3&th=1

 

[Toolmanmike]

Nice but hard to find. I haven't seen one for sale in a very long time.

I stocked one on my Mac Tool truck for almost 30 years. I would sell a few every year. Steelman and Ken Tool both still make them.

Oops, I see @Big_John is already on the hunt.

 

[Boydsdodge]

Amazon has them.

https://www.amazon.com/Ken-Tool-31568-Standard-Puller-Replacer/dp/B000MIWLXO/ref=sr_1_6?crid=JU2EUGVNE6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.RI6xTaVDN5m4s2hjhIPzoK05n2GT4TEeThSA_FwbqcWTprlPjV4dqewym5M7aCqQ-SnG2lynZxSA2kvgB65dNpmOX8WbSv92vvF_mg-OH8WTMEnzaENREu_SyKXFIA0JwISiuJg4lfBx3tVzScnw6l6Ns9HabQjXV6C2JZB-nohEtzeReuFHSMba7fbyi1MpMFJadTJT0KF3Wd3TQuj0joZDmN2DviacAV4_-Z-wXqg.-62A8obBX0IuYuBzXZe46ppMYIQh1R3XsPHa41yZpEk&dib_tag=se&keywords=hubcap+tool&qid=1721387548&sprefix=hubcap+tool,aps,142&sr=8-6

https://www.amazon.com/JEGS-80857-Hub-Cap-Hammer/dp/B078WJB5K6/ref=sr_1_5?crid=JU2EUGVNE6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.RI6xTaVDN5m4s2hjhIPzoK05n2GT4TEeThSA_FwbqcWTprlPjV4dqewym5M7aCqQ-SnG2lynZxSA2kvgB65dNpmOX8WbSv92vvF_mg-OH8WTMEnzaENREu_SyKXFIA0JwISiuJg4lfBx3tVzScnw6l6Ns9HabQjXV6C2JZB-nohEtzeReuFHSMba7fbyi1MpMFJadTJT0KF3Wd3TQuj0joZDmN2DviacAV4_-Z-wXqg.-62A8obBX0IuYuBzXZe46ppMYIQh1R3XsPHa41yZpEk&dib_tag=se&keywords=hubcap+tool&qid=1721387548&sprefix=hubcap+tool,aps,142&sr=8-5

https://www.amazon.com/Steelman-75031-Hub-Cap-Remover/dp/B00GWFOSBY/ref=sr_1_3?crid=JU2EUGVNE6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.RI6xTaVDN5m4s2hjhIPzoK05n2GT4TEeThSA_FwbqcWTprlPjV4dqewym5M7aCqQ-SnG2lynZxSA2kvgB65dNpmOX8WbSv92vvF_mg-OH8WTMEnzaENREu_SyKXFIA0JwISiuJg4lfBx3tVzScnw6l6Ns9HabQjXV6C2JZB-nohEtzeReuFHSMba7fbyi1MpMFJadTJT0KF3Wd3TQuj0joZDmN2DviacAV4_-Z-wXqg.-62A8obBX0IuYuBzXZe46ppMYIQh1R3XsPHa41yZpEk&dib_tag=se&keywords=hubcap+tool&qid=1721387548&sprefix=hubcap+tool,aps,142&sr=8-3&th=1

Thanks, I was thinking about all the physical tool and part stores I frequent. I should order one from online shop.

 

[Dixon]

I suppose the figured all the techs knew about the left-hand threads already, so it was the change to right-hand threads that was "news".

I guess techs and even the factory must have been more on-the-ball then than now, 'cause I can't imagine people remembering to torque/untorque nuts differently on different sides of the vehicle now. And with proper torque, the direction is immaterial, and I'm surprised their engineers wouldn't have concluded the same many years before 1970.

That is why if, seldom, I have service done on our 1965 Newport I tape a reminder on the steering wheel and on each fender above the driver's side wheels that they are left hand thread. It would only take a second with a high torque impact wrench to snap them off trying to loosen them counter clockwise.

 

[Mntac]

Hate to contribute to Bezos fortune but the guy carries everything.

 

[darth_linux]

hubcap tool
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I bought one of these in 1988 when I got my first '66 Newport that had poverty caps. I still have it!

 

[kmccabe56]

It's embarrassing for me to have to ask, but what's the best way to get my wheel covers off? Typically wheel covers have a pretty pronounced lip a the edge where it's easy to pry, but my Fury's covers are remarkably flush to the rim face, and there's about half-an-inch of rim past the wheel cover, which I'm not used to seeing. In the manual, it says to pry across from the valve stem, but not how/with what to pry. The lug wrench pry end looks much to fat to get any purchase under the cover edge.

I'd also read that the lugs on the left side of these cars are left-hand thread. I'm very glad I read this before I tried to remove the wheels for anything! What a bizarre thing for Chrysler to have done... anyway, I ordered new rotors and I'm sure that they'll be right-hand thread since I got the same part for both sides of the car, so does someone have a link or quick reference for the right-hand nuts I could buy in advance?

Chrysler was a long time hold out on the use of "handed" thread wheel fasteners on the cars they produce. It all has to do with physics. As the wheels turn, the force of the wheel spinning acts on the wheel nuts to force the top of the wheel nut towards the front of the car, effectively adding to the torque that holds it and therefore the wheel, on the car. Whether it's a right hand or a left hand wheel, the top of wheel nut is still forced forward. That brings you to left side lug nuts turning to the left and right side lug nuts turning to the right. Between encountering mechanics who didn't know that Chrysler did this and having a lot of wheel studs break trying to turn the nuts the wrong way, and improvements in how the threads were cut on the wheel stud and the wheel nut itself, Chrysler finally relented and adopted right hand threads on the left side of the car.

As for sourcing wheel nuts, any tire shop will sell you right hand thread nuts for those new brake discs. And if you want to complete the switchover, just find someone who is on the ball enough to press the wheel studs out of the axle shaft or brake drum and press in right hand thread replacements.

 

[Big_John]

Amazon has them.

https://www.amazon.com/Ken-Tool-31568-Standard-Puller-Replacer/dp/B000MIWLXO/ref=sr_1_6?crid=JU2EUGVNE6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.RI6xTaVDN5m4s2hjhIPzoK05n2GT4TEeThSA_FwbqcWTprlPjV4dqewym5M7aCqQ-SnG2lynZxSA2kvgB65dNpmOX8WbSv92vvF_mg-OH8WTMEnzaENREu_SyKXFIA0JwISiuJg4lfBx3tVzScnw6l6Ns9HabQjXV6C2JZB-nohEtzeReuFHSMba7fbyi1MpMFJadTJT0KF3Wd3TQuj0joZDmN2DviacAV4_-Z-wXqg.-62A8obBX0IuYuBzXZe46ppMYIQh1R3XsPHa41yZpEk&dib_tag=se&keywords=hubcap+tool&qid=1721387548&sprefix=hubcap+tool,aps,142&sr=8-6

https://www.amazon.com/JEGS-80857-Hub-Cap-Hammer/dp/B078WJB5K6/ref=sr_1_5?crid=JU2EUGVNE6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.RI6xTaVDN5m4s2hjhIPzoK05n2GT4TEeThSA_FwbqcWTprlPjV4dqewym5M7aCqQ-SnG2lynZxSA2kvgB65dNpmOX8WbSv92vvF_mg-OH8WTMEnzaENREu_SyKXFIA0JwISiuJg4lfBx3tVzScnw6l6Ns9HabQjXV6C2JZB-nohEtzeReuFHSMba7fbyi1MpMFJadTJT0KF3Wd3TQuj0joZDmN2DviacAV4_-Z-wXqg.-62A8obBX0IuYuBzXZe46ppMYIQh1R3XsPHa41yZpEk&dib_tag=se&keywords=hubcap+tool&qid=1721387548&sprefix=hubcap+tool,aps,142&sr=8-5

https://www.amazon.com/Steelman-75031-Hub-Cap-Remover/dp/B00GWFOSBY/ref=sr_1_3?crid=JU2EUGVNE6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.RI6xTaVDN5m4s2hjhIPzoK05n2GT4TEeThSA_FwbqcWTprlPjV4dqewym5M7aCqQ-SnG2lynZxSA2kvgB65dNpmOX8WbSv92vvF_mg-OH8WTMEnzaENREu_SyKXFIA0JwISiuJg4lfBx3tVzScnw6l6Ns9HabQjXV6C2JZB-nohEtzeReuFHSMba7fbyi1MpMFJadTJT0KF3Wd3TQuj0joZDmN2DviacAV4_-Z-wXqg.-62A8obBX0IuYuBzXZe46ppMYIQh1R3XsPHa41yZpEk&dib_tag=se&keywords=hubcap+tool&qid=1721387548&sprefix=hubcap+tool,aps,142&sr=8-3&th=1

I stocked one on my Mac Tool truck for almost 30 years. I would sell a few every year. Steelman and Ken Tool both still make them.

Oops, I see @Big_John is already on the hunt.

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Hate to contribute to Bezos fortune but the guy carries everything. View attachment 673648

Is it just me that finds amusing that all three of us gave links the the same 3 tools?

 

[Toolmanmike]

Is it just me that finds amusing that all three of us gave links the the same 3 tools?

Yep, I laugh every time that happens. I started at the first post and read through until I thought I could add some information. I hadn't seen your post until I was long past done.