<VV> hub caps dagnabbit

[Frank DuVal]

Bob,

You beat me to it, that full wheel size trim parts on a wheel are not 
"hub caps", but "wheel covers".

However I call the smaller trim parts that fit over the lug nut area 
"hub caps". Some even use the name "dog dish hub caps" or "baby moon hub 
caps" if of the smooth rounded (convex) variety.

I call the cover at the end of the axle a "grease cap". But I do 
acknowledge the term "hub cap" came from the decorative covers on the 
end of the axle back in the early days of carriages and cars. See what a 
Model T uses as a hub cap, it doubles as the grease cap. Another 
phoobonics term for this part is "dust cap".

Frank DuVal

BobHelt at aol.com wrote:

> 
>In a message dated 9/25/2006 12:00:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time,  
>mhicks130 at cox.net writes:
>
>.   Nope, it was the hubcap.  The ding dang hubcap.  What's up with  that? 
>
>
>Mike, 
>May I suggest that you might mean the Wheel Cover? 
>The hub cap is about 2 inches in diameter and fits very snugly in the  hub.
> 
>Regards,
>Bob Helt
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