Center caps falling off

[Bigfoot]

I have this kind:


The little plastic nuts are always backing off, the. You lose it. They high as heck at the dealer, and hard as heck to find used. Shy of putting glue on, before threading them on, what else is there? I check my oil every Saturday morning, and walk around the truck, and finger tighten the little nuts. Even at that, I've still lost a half dozen. Any suggestions.

 

[M-5]

edit,

I checked my suggestion and I was wrong. DO NOT USE LOC TITE ON PLASTIC

 

[lucky7chief]

I always get them finger tight, then add a half turn with a wrench. I've never lost one.

 

[Bigfoot]

use some blue thread loc on them

Sounds good, will they break loose for me without damaging threads? There plastic.

 

[denvermartinfarms]

use some blue thread loc on them

Sounds good, will they break loose for me without damaging threads? There plastic.

Yes, they should break loose just fine. Dad had those on a truck for almost 300k miles without ever having one come off.

 

[M-5]

use some blue thread loc on them

Sounds good, will they break loose for me without damaging threads? There plastic.

BF , I let my mouth overload my azz on this one , checked the loc tite web page and its not recommended for use on plastic.

I would think that nail polish may be safer. I( have used that on metal nuts and bolts in a pinch but u may want to test it first

 

[fenceman]

Their cheap plastic and serve no purpose. Take them all off and be done with it.
next time you buy a truck be aware of the cost of the caps. when your almost done negotiating , tell the salesman. I don't want those, take em off.

 

[denvermartinfarms]

Their cheap plastic and serve no purpose. Take them all off and be done with it.
next time you buy a truck be aware of the cost of the caps. when your almost done negotiating , tell the salesman. I don't want those, take em off.

That might be a option for some, but you don't know Bigfoot .

 

[Bigfoot]

Their cheap plastic and serve no purpose. Take them all off and be done with it.
next time you buy a truck be aware of the cost of the caps. when your almost done negotiating , tell the salesman. I don't want those, take em off.

OCD for neatness, and order.

 

[fenceman]

Their cheap plastic and serve no purpose. Take them all off and be done with it.
next time you buy a truck be aware of the cost of the caps. when your almost done negotiating , tell the salesman. I don't want those, take em off.

OCD for neatness, and order.

Gotcha, I can relate. Mom was a elementary school principal and a complete neat freak. Everything ran by schedule set months before. If a hub cap was to come of a car dad would have that sob in the garage on blocks until the new one arrived.
Made me the anti neat freak. If I get something new. The first thing to do is knock some paint off it. Then I don't have to worry about it looking new anymore. I never schedule Anything.
Buzzards wouldn't roost on my truck. :lol2:

 

[greybeard]

Maybe it's not a case of the nuts coming loose and you losing your chrome equivalent of colorful high top boots Bigfoot.
They are easy pickins for thieves at places like walmart or even at rodeo parking or the grocery store. A quick squat down beside your tire, and a pair of pliers will take them nuts off and that cover is gone in about 20 seconds--or less.
I found that out the hard way when both of mine on the passenger side came up missing on the same day parked in a hospital parking garage. They probably ended up on Little Rock Craigslist the next day

 

[Bigfoot]

Maybe it's not a case of the nuts coming loose and you losing your chrome equivalent of colorful high top boots Bigfoot.
They are easy pickins for thieves at places like walmart or even at rodeo parking or the grocery store. A quick squat down beside your tire, and a pair of pliers will take them nuts off and that cover is gone in about 20 seconds--or less.
I found that out the hard way when both of mine on the passenger side came up missing on the same day parked in a hospital parking garage. They probably ended up on Little Rock Craigslist the next day

Could be. I think my tire guy put them on with an impact once. Might have spun the threads.

 

[SteppedInIt]

Could be. I think my tire guy put them on with an impact once. Might have spun the threads.

I have the same wheels and center caps. I only have one or two that come loose but I never lose any. It is definitely annoying and I believe its from tire guys tightening w impact which is too much for those plastic threads. I might try the fingernail polish.

 

[Angus Cowman]

Black silicone as in gasket sealer will work and it will take up the slack from them being put on with and impact and stretched
Get the good 3M stuff

 

[Bigfoot]

Black silicone as in gasket sealer will work and it will take up the slack from them being put on with and impact and stretched
Get the good 3M stuff

Check that. Good advice.