Those metal VW caps wouldn't stay on my front drivers either, the
dust cap/speedo cable got in the way. I put a dab of grease on the
speedo end, put the cap on and found it touched in the center.

I had to push the center of the cap out.

I took some large steel washers (inch or so diameter) and a steel
piece to get them within reach, supported the hubcap on a metal
coffee can and smacked it one good one with a 5lb deadblow hammer
(this is pushing the inside out just a little). It was a nice even
push out of the center piece, another smack with just the deadblow
did the trick. From the outside it doesn't look like it's been adjusted.
I tested it with a touch of grease on the speedo cable end and I had
zero transfer to the hubcap, it's worked great since last July.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  2/28/2011 07:49 AM, Joe Luther wrote:
>I finally got the Vanagon home yesterday, my was driveway cleared of ice 3
>weeks after purchase.
>
>In the interim, I purchased some Vanagon hub caps off of Craigslist (small
>caps with the VW logo embossed in the center).  The girl was 100% clear they
>came off of a Vanagon, she owned one and these were taken off when she put
>something else on.
>
>When trying to install the caps on my front wheel as a test, there was no
>way they would fit.  The center grease cap assembly was too tall and the
>outer diameter of the cap seemed totally wrong to fit the boss on the wheel.
>I have the steel 14" wheels, (5 x 112 I assume) with the holes around the
>perimeter.