Abstract: A wheel cover support pedestal is capable of being mounted centrally on a wheel of the type which includes a radial wall having a central hole therethrough. The hole is snuggly received on a circular hub element of an axle when the wheel is mounted on the axle. The hole is defined by an interior periphery of the radial wall to be generally circular with the periphery including a plurality of circumferentially spaced notches to provide a gap between the periphery at each notch and the circular hub element. The wheel cover support pedestal includes a center portion with an element for securing a center section of a wheel cover thereto. A plurality of leg portions extend from the center portion with each leg portion being aligned with one of the notches and including an extended end which is received within a corresponding gap.

Abstract: An improved method of stress rolling a metallic rim includes the additional step of applying an outside force to the rim to produce tensile stress in the region which is being stress rolled to produce a higher resulting compressive stress within the region than could otherwise be obtained through normal stress rolling.

Abstract: A method of verifying the stress rolling of a metallic rim includes the steps of taking a first hardness reading of the surface that is to have been stress rolled, taking a second hardness reading of a reference surface that has not been stress rolled and comparing the readings so that the first hardness reading will be significantly higher than the second only if the surface has been stress rolled.