Rota Centre Caps - Tabs Snapping

[jamiebridge]

Has anyone else had this problem, one of mine popped off when washing the car last week, i tried to reattach it and 3 of the 6 tabs snapped clean off.

 

I ordered a new one and just tried to attach it.. and again one of the tabs snapped.. What am i doing wrong?! Will start to haemorrhage money soon on these at £14 for a bit of plastic.

 

Anyone had this experience? Should i try taking the wheel off and fitting it that way?

 

I'm running spacers, so that could be the problem when fitting them whilst the wheel is on the car?

[scobie140]

Try sitting them in a bowl of boiling water from the kettle for 5min before fitting them, depending on what plastic they are made from it might soften them a bit to make them less brittle when fitting. Make sure that where they are being fitted is spotless with no rough or corroded surfaces that could affect the fit. Worth a try

[jamiebridge]

5 minutes ago, scobie140 said:

Try sitting them in a bowl of boiling water from the kettle for 5min before fitting them, depending on what plastic they are made from it might soften them a bit to make them less brittle when fitting. Make sure that where they are being fitted is spotless with no rough or corroded surfaces that could affect the fit. Worth a try

 

Thanks scobie, will give that a try on Saturday, i cant really think of much else i can do. I don't think removing the wheel will make any difference, but i might try anyway just to factor it out.

[jamiebridge]

For anyone else who might find this useful, it turned out it was the wheel spacers pushing the caps out.

 

I have used some light adhesive to hold them in place, rotashop actually did send me a replacement at no extra charge as well, great service.