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Pie plate hubcaps on 240 15' wheels? 140-160 1974

posted by  uniberp on  Mon Jan 30 15:24 CST 2006
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I want to use my pie-plate hubcaps on a set of 240-740 steel rims I picked up, but the old mounting 'crown' doesn't fit through the new 240 center hole. Any quick tricks?

They're the type with the big rounded-head phillips screw that holds the plate to the rim. I like the positive mount and the rubber seal, and what remains of the original appearance.

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MPergiel, Elmhurst, IL '74 145e T-5 'Orange Alert'








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    Pie plate hubcaps on 240 15' wheels? 140-160 1974

    posted by  Redwood Chair on  Mon Apr 18 16:19 CST 2016
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    No it doesn't fit, as the later 240-740 wheels are hub centric, not lug centric like the 140 wheels that that trim came from.

    You could hack the hole in the wheel bigger or jury rig something else.

    http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh136/redwoodchair/140%20parts/71-72140hubcaps.jpg

    photo 71-72140hubcaps.jpg
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    71-145-S ; 82 245GLT ; 72-1800-ES








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    Pie plate hubcaps on 240 15' wheels? Bump. 140-160 1974

    posted by  kronikov on  Mon Mar 14 07:40 CST 2016
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    I'm trying to use 740 steel rims on my 1974 164E while my original rims are at the shop...I found the same thing you did. Mounting doesn't fit...

    This site says the center bore is 65.1 mm on both wheels but...
    http://www.wheelfitment.eu/car/Volvo/740%20(1984%20-%201992).html

    What have others done? Seems like I saw a 145 with 740 steel wheels which had retained their pie plate caps. Did they bore the center. Maybe they created a new mount or modified the old mount?

    I'd rather not modify the rims.








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      That might have been the "Orange Alert' 140-160 1974

      posted by  uniberp on  Mon Apr 18 15:33 CST 2016
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      I sold it long ago. What I did to get the hubcaps mounted was drill 2 .25 bolt holes through the inner hump lip of the rim.

      Then I drilled sideways through a .375 coupling nut, then ran a long bolt, bent, from one hole, through the coupling nut, into the other hole and secured with a nut on the end. The hubcab screw goes into the coupling nut.

      I ahd a pic on brixpix at one time ... here it is.


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      MPergiel, Walker, MI







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