Why won't one of the dustcaps on my wheel hub stay in place?

Question

I can't see any way of getting it to stay in place. I need to know how to make it stay in place soon, because I will be having it built into a wheel soon - unless the problem is insolvable and I will have to replace it. It is on a fifty year old oil lubricated hub with the collar-type cones on the axel, if that makes any difference. I don't suppose that anyone can help, but it can't hurt to ask.

Answer 1

You need to bend the edges so they grip.

Answer 2

Hold it in place and then KICK it darling. That will do the trick

Answer 3

Well, this might be a bad thing. It depends how you took it off... if you used a screwdriver to prize it out then you might be out of luck especially if it bent as you removed it.

I suggest that you put the dustcap in place evenly on the hub then use a socket the same size as the outer diameter of the cap, place it over the axle and onto the cap and tap it in place. Should only take one or 2 taps.

Answer 4

you know how you s***w the top back on a bottle of coke?

well...