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2. Hubcap - Wikipedia

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   A threaded brass hubcap on a cart wheel with artillery style hub Various automobile hubcaps. A hubcap or hub cap is a decorative disk on an automobile wheel that covers at minimum the central portion of the wheel, called the hub. [1] An automobile hubcap is used to cover the wheel hub and the wheel fasteners to reduce the accumulation of dirt ...

3. Center cap - Wikipedia

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   In modern times, center caps are both metal and plastic, and are typically used with aluminum alloy or styled steel wheels. Some full wheel covers use removable center caps, typically those retained by lug nuts , with the center cap's purpose to hide the lug nuts that are securing the wheel to the vehicle's hub .

4. Centerlock wheel - Wikipedia

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   A modern centerlock hub on a McLaren MP4/14 Formula One car. Most modern centerlock wheels are fastened to the hub by a single large hex nut. [7] A hollow, tapered shaft centers the wheel on the hub. Torque is transmitted by pins and matching holes at the hub-wheel interface.

5. Wheel sizing - Wikipedia

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   Another variation of lug nut is the "locking wheel nut", which is used as a theft prevention method to keep thieves from stealing a vehicle's wheels. When utilizing locking wheel nuts, one standard lug nut on each wheel is replaced with a nut that requires a unique key (typically a computer-designed, rounded star shape) to fit and remove the nut.

6. Wheel spikes - Wikipedia

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   Car wheels with spikes on the wheel and hubcap Wheel spikes are pointy protrusions attached to the wheels or hubcaps of vehicles, most commonly cars and semi-trucks . Most wheel spikes sold are made out of plastic painted to mimic metal and are primarily novelty items .

7. Wheel stud - Wikipedia

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   Wheel hub with disc brake and 5 wheel studs. Wheel studs are the threaded fasteners that hold on the wheels of many automobiles. They are semi-permanently mounted directly to the vehicle hub, usually through the brake drum or brake disk. Lug nuts are fastened onto the wheel stud to secure the wheel. When a wheel is removed for tire changes etc ...