I have the rubber caps over the hubs on the front wheels but not the rear. Is that normal? Also it looks like my headlight switch is broken as the lights will not go out when i press the switch. Just a standard part? thx!
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I have never seen rubber caps on the hubs and most headlight switches used require a pull to turn off and push back in to turn off.
Pictures would help.
here are the pics. thx for the feedback
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I don't see any rubber caps. Maybe the ones in front are rubber. Those are usually metal. Is the rubber over a metal cap? If the rubber is just cosmetic, maybe it is part of the wheel skin system and you would want caps in the rear.
Without the wheel skins (I am not sure I am using the correct name) you would typically have metal caps on the front and no caps in the rear.
I will take a closer thx
Black steel wide five wheels - Pretty self explanatory.
Raw aluminum drum skins - These are made of spun aluminum to mimic the look of the original drum brakes. The fronts sometimes have a fake bearing cap painted on them. Maybe this is the part you think is rubber. It might be a rubberized paint. If you remove the wheel and drum skin, you will see the steel bearing cap that Michael mentions. You will need access to this cap to set preload on the front hub when needed. The left front bearing cap might have a square hole and something sticking out of it with a circlip on it. This is the speedometer cable. If yours does not have this, then you have a GPS speedo. The rear drumskin does not have a bearing cap, just that big castle nut with the cotter pin in it.
These drum skins are just for show and aren't really needed, but the stock raw hubs aren't the prettiest. They do offer some brake dust protection if your running discs.
Some people will run hub caps to cover all of this anyway. Your wheels do have the clips for them if you so chose.
Do you know what brakes that you have?
Yes it is normal.
Stock original drum brake 356 had the rubber dust cover , under it is the metal cap like the VW drum used.
do not know the brake type as of now. thx for the replies guys
@kevin gerety posted:here are the pics. thx for the feedback
If you have disc brakes in the front and drums in the rear that is normal. That is a grease cover for the exposed bearing on a brake disc.
@Robert M posted:If you have disc brakes in the front and drums in the rear that is normal. That is a grease cover for the exposed bearing on a brake disc.
That also works on front drums too; as you said it's the metal front bearing cover.