Hi All and Happy New Year, I have placed winter snow tires on steel rims on my car, I want to cover the protruding axle threads with something to prevent rusting, I read that it is a 30mm nut but can’t find the thread size, any one know this detail? Thanks Rocco
Generic steel rims or Toyota, say Corolla? With the latter I push on a black 2” ABS pipe End Cap. It’s slightly loose, so I fashioned rubber bands out of an bicycle innertube, push them onto the raised hub opening flange, then tap on the cap. Used them for about 6~7 winters now, never lost one. BTW, I would clean the hubs and coat with some sort of rust preventative, say fluid film. My pref is boiled linseed oil. Also, if using open-end lug nuts, putting a drop of light oil on the tip of each wheel lug stud stops rust bloom. If you think about it: threaded covers would only work on the front, btw.
