Hubcap Release Tool

[fweddy]

Lets take a break to get back to the subject -

The spare wheel bracket looks to be a great idea and most useful to most minor owners - but what about us with commercials? We don't have the same bracket holding our spares in/on.

The small piece in '57s picture is what I understand was original for all commercials. When I was cleaning out my ute before restoring, amongst the scratch-and-win cards, sparkplugs, screws, coins, bits of paper etc, I found this funny little thing and thought it looked like one of those blanking brackets (but without the screw hole) for the back of your computer when you take a card out. I put it aside with the more valuable loooking junk and later discovered that it was an actual original part. Looked too modern and 'simple' for a genuine BMC part. I haven't used it yet — have been using dads 'big blue'.

[Theo]

Not being aware of the nice tool i'm driving around with I made my own (it for sure does not touch the paint at all):

[Cam]

Now that's thinking!!

[fweddy]

Good idea - I guess the socket for the minor nuts is opposite the cut down one so you still have two side handles for spinning them.

It would take a dutchman to think of that one!

I used the sparewheel bracket the other day when Dad's car got a flat - works good, but it took a lot of turning to get the holding bolt out especially when I didn't need to use the spare.

[salty_monk]

Damn, you go away for a couple of weeks, come back & see the post where a ruck was going on; open it & lo & behold all has gone serious..... oh well...

[Theo]

I guess the socket for the minor nuts is opposite the cut down one so you still have two side handles for spinning them.

[RussLCV]

Well I thiught I might just add to this debate! The Minor wheel has 3 flats, and on indent! This indent is used to insert the 'flat tool' that most have mentioned to remove the hubcap, simple! This refers to LCV as I no nowt about other Minors