Escort RS 4 Spoke push through centres

[Muzzman]

Cheers guys!!!!!! Bought them, hopefully will work out well!

[Muzzman]

No, you'll need proper RS flat washer wheel bolts like these, I assume you still have mk1 imperial studs on it?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-ESCORT-MK1-RS-2000-WHEEL-NUTS-AND-WASHERS-7-16-/120844760058?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1c22e8b3fa

These on order too, not sure about the imperial studs.......

[Vista]

These on order too, not sure about the imperial studs.......

 

 

You'd better hope it still has imperial studs if you've already ordered these nuts

[johnnyspencer]

aren't the studs changeable anyway? 

[Vista]

Yes but that's just more time and expense

[johnnyspencer]

thats true lol makes sense to just buy the right bolt in the first place! derrr.......

[Muzzman]

Don't you derrr me young man of course they're not going to fit and when that happens the whole bloody lot including the car are going on ebay and i'll go back to the Germans

[Muzzman]

Phew, just checked, current bolts have 7/16 stamped on them!

[Muzzman]

This is a comedy of disasters, took the lot to get fitted and the centre caps are a couple of mm too small to fit over the centre bit of the wheel hub......bugger

[Muzzman]

But they fit the wheels perfectly

[Vista]

That's odd, not something I've come across before. Where did you get them from and what are they made of? There are grey plastic ones and alloy ones knocking around

[Muzzman]

They were the ones in this thread.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Escort-Mexico-RS2000-AVO-mk1-mk2-RS-Alloy-Centre-Caps-with-decals-/181154194372?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2a2da1a3c4

[Muzzman]

Going to try brute force and ignorance this weekend, plan is to put the caps into the wheels first and then bolt them on, worse that can happen is I mangle the cap. Failing that will 4 spokes with no centre caps look naff?

[Vista]

Yes they look naff with no centre caps. Have you spoken to the supplier and asked about the problem? Is there enough meat internally to drop them into the wheel and file a bit of the excess metal out of them?

 

Try fitting them first but if it's obviously no good, don't try and force them on till you've tried removing some metal from them.

[Muzzman]

I spoke to the supplier, they said they'd never encountered this problem before and didn't have any suggestions

 

The wall of the cap looks quite thin, I don't think I'll be able to file enough away, saying that though i'll take another look tonight. Bloody annoying this

[johnnyspencer]

i think they look better without the caps. just do what u like

[Muzzman]

Well that'll be the issue, JPS wheels have front fitting caps. 

[Vista]

Did I not say that earlier on this thread? Have you not had your centre hold machined out to fit the push through caps instead? If you haven't I don't understand how you managed to fit them through the wheel at all?

[Muzzman]

And they, by the sound of it, will fit your wheels without modification to the wheels as they've been remanufactured for the smaller diameter centre hole

I thought you were saying i could use these and push them in from the back without modification to the wheel as they were 63mm, its turned out i can't because the centre of the wheel hub is larger which is why i assume the mk1 is 70mm. It doesn't matter now, centres are on ebay

[Vista]

Sorry, I'd forgotten that you bought a set of centre caps with a smaller OD. <br /><br />

[mk2 mike]

You're having a mission with these ain't you mate? Sad times

[Muzzman]

Ha yeah, saw a set of JPS alloys went for £90 on turbosport Oh well i've got my health

 

Just want to get the wee feckers on! Hopefully OSF ownership is upwards from here!

[mk2 mike]

Once you get it sorted you'll forget all the grief.

[Muzzman]

Well sod it, just went and got them fitted minus centre caps, okay for a temp solution