Experiment: smooth wheel discs tested A-B-A - 4.6% mpg improvement @ 65 mph

[Concrete]

cosmicgenius

I like your idea - very clever
how is it working?

I have had rust issues with my pans - fixed with a little spray paint
but thought you might have a lot of salt on the roads of Alaska

[cosmicgenius]

I wasn't going to say anything but, I lost 2 covers in about 2 weeks roughly 1000 miles of driving (glad they were cheap). however it was always the same wheel that it came off of so maybe bent rim? I ended up finding a threaded hole right in the middle of my front hub and back hubs so I was able to put a 3 inch bolt right in the middle of each pan to hold them on.....I haven't lost any that way

[Christ]

Make sure that you're not exposing the wheel bearings by using those holes.

[luvit]

how does plugging a threaded hole with a bolt expose bearings?

[Christ]

Threaded hole in center of hub = probably behind bearing dust caps.

[ccrider]

today i installed some taco pizza covers

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[cfg83]

ccrider -

Veryyyyy pretty. Elegant too.

Since I am paranoid and you are using one bolt, I would use "reverse thread" bolts on one side of the car in order to insure that they don't "spin off" at speed.

Does that make sense?

CarloSW2

[ccrider]

i drove it today and they were making noise when i hit bumps so i had to notch the pans around the wheel weights if they still make noise i will put like 6 blobs of silicone around the edges of the pans. i don't want to do it because it will be a pain to get off. i think the reverse thread is a good idea. I'm not sure what will have more force acceleration or braking.

[gone-ot]

...maybe a "ring" of velcro around the whole wheel-rim lip? Should provide both "connection" as well as "movement" capabilities???

[NachtRitter]

Might be able to use nylock nuts to prevent them from coming off too... guess it depends on how often you expect to take them off.