Alternate replacement front hub dust caps

[Linda]

Maybe if you put a slit in the cap where it enters the housing it would fit? OP said it was not tapered so it was tight.

Linda

[MattC]

No, the OP was talking about the Avonride ones, which are on Amazon now for about $38 for 4 of them. I might go that route if I can't fix the original one. The NAPA ones hit solidly on the outer edge of the hub and I feel like you'd probably destroy them (or the hub) trying to get them in.

[Linda]

So I lost a dust cap recently. Wanted something quick so got an Autozone dust cap, Dorman 13996, with a 1.81 OD diameter to fit in to my measured 1.85 hub. The cap slid in like I thought so I bent out the lip of the cap at 4 points around the edge so that it would tap in. Plan to use a tiny bit of blue Loctite and then see how it all works.
Not as nice as stock but OK. Doing the other side as well.

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Linda