Hubcaps for 6" Cleveland Wheels

tonymarshall · Post by **tonymarshall** » Sat May 17, 2003 10:15 pm

My Cleveland Wheels have 3 screw holes, presumably for mounting some sort of hub cover. Any idea where these covers can be acquired?

Harold Holiman · Post by **Harold Holiman** » Sun May 18, 2003 1:06 am

Aircraft Spruce has some very nice aluminum hubcaps complete with the mounting screws for a very resonable price.

Harold H
Mbr # 893

mit · Post by **mit** » Sun May 18, 2003 6:25 am

you can buy them from cessna also.

zero.one.victor · Post by **zero.one.victor** » Sun May 18, 2003 2:30 pm

Hubcaps in my 2001-02 Spruce catalog list for $11 to $23 each. You can make a nice set of flat hubcaps out of some suitable (.032" or so) aluminum. It helps to have someone else's hubcap to use for a pattern.
I kinda like the way the flat ones look.

Eric

Harold Holiman · Post by **Harold Holiman** » Mon May 19, 2003 11:14 pm

The 2002-2003 Spruce catqlog has hubcaps P/N 06-03710 for 600-6 Cleveland wheels for $9.95 each. They have a nice brushed alunimum finish and can be left natural of painted to match your plane. When I bought mine a couple of years ago they were $11.30 each, complete with mounting screws, so here is a airplane part that has actually come down in price. The Spruce 800 number is 1-877-477-7823.

Harold H

tonymarshall · Post by **tonymarshall** » Mon Jun 02, 2003 11:47 pm

Thanks everyone for your assistance....this forum works great.

wa4jr · Post by **wa4jr** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 7:32 pm

Along the same subject line...I have been thinking of taking my wheelpants off and going with just a hubcap. Don't have my parts manual with me here and was wondering what size and thread pitch the main axle nut is? I'll have to replace the main nuts used with the wheel pants with plain castle nuts to clear the hubcaps.

N170BP · Post by **N170BP** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 8:47 pm

The IP catalog for my B model says:

AN7502-24 Nut - Axle

and it uses a AN380-4-3 Cotter pin.

Bela P. Havasreti
'54 C-170B N170BP

Post by **GAHorn** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 11:41 pm

Wheel pants do more than just look good. If you ever taxi through puddles, light mud, etc., they prevent it from being slung up under your wings, into your flap-wells, and all over your tail. They also help keep dings from rocks and gravel off your tail surfaces. (Of course, with heavy mud they're a problem.)

zero.one.victor · Post by **zero.one.victor** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 4:11 am

An idea on hubcaps: I have seen the screw-holes in Cleveland wheels buggered up both by stripping out the threads,and from corrosion--possibly dissimilar-metal corrosion from using stainless screws in the aluminum (or are they magnesium? ) wheels. I use nylon screws to hold my hubcaps on,since both the hubcaps & the screws are white it doesn't look funny. If you do go with stainless screws,I would suggest using blue loctite & very little torque,just snug them up.

Eric

N170BP · Post by **N170BP** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 5:05 am

gahorn wrote:Wheel pants do more than just look good. If you ever taxi through puddles, light mud, etc., they prevent it from being slung up under your wings, into your flap-wells, and all over your tail. They also help keep dings from rocks and gravel off your tail surfaces. (Of course, with heavy mud they're a problem.)

Was gonna say, they can also be a PIA..... A friend with an
early 182 had his wheel pants fill up with snow one time. Not
a good thing to have upon landing.....

I will probably get arguments here, but small tires tend to do
more damage (mud/gravel/rocks) than big tires do. If you're
going to go sans wheel pants, might as well get 800's (or at least
700's). Bare (naked) 600's are a waste of time and just may do
more harm than good....

Just my personal opinion of course (flame retardant suit donned!).

Bela P. Havasreti
'54 C-170B N170BP

Dave Clark · Post by **Dave Clark** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 2:23 pm

OK Bela I've got my torch lit!

I like the 600 tires rather than larger because they are lighter, less drag, and I don't land on any surface where they would be a problem. That doesn't mean I don't land on unimproved surfaces either.

N3454C · Post by **N3454C** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 2:52 am

N170BP wrote:The IP catalog for my B model says:

AN7502-24 Nut - Axle

and it uses a AN380-4-3 Cotter pin.

Bela P. Havasreti
'54 C-170B N170BP

Looks like Textron now says this is the replacement (current) P/N https://ww2.txtav.com/Parts/PartSearch/ ... /AN7502-24

Joe Moilanen · Post by **Joe Moilanen** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 3:49 pm

zero.one.victor wrote:An idea on hubcaps: I have seen the screw-holes in Cleveland wheels buggered up both by stripping out the threads,and from corrosion--possibly dissimilar-metal corrosion from using stainless screws in the aluminum (or are they magnesium? ) wheels. I use nylon screws to hold my hubcaps on,since both the hubcaps & the screws are white it doesn't look funny. If you do go with stainless screws,I would suggest using blue loctite & very little torque,just snug them up.

Eric

Mine were stripped out when I got my plane, I just tapped them out to #10 holes and finished with a bottoming tap. Working great 33 years later. I always put a dab of oil on them when I re-install them for corrosion prevention.

Joe
4518C

The International Cessna 170 Association

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