removing hub cover without special tool xxy
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Ok everyone has to do this to check and re-lube the front wheel bearings. It is that nasty "hub cover" that presses into the front wheel hub. It looks like the PO beat it with a big stick. Got any better ideas?
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Large screw driver between hub edge and cover crimp. Tap it a couple of times to get the screw driver between the two edges and then slowly work it off. Re-install with a rubber mallet, gently.
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I use a long 3/8" socket extension ( a ragged one for this purpose) and a mallet. Lay the extension so the socket end edge rests in the groove near the edge of the cap and the ratchet end just clears the rotor. Give it a small whack with the mallet, rotate rotor, whack, rotate, whack, rotate.... you get the idea. It will come right off.
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- or - catch the 'hook' end of a pry bar on the cover lip & tap/rotate/tap/etc.
- or - grip the cover firmly with a pair of pump pliers & tap/rotate... the pliers
The big stick from the PO is for putting the cover back on
- or - grip the cover firmly with a pair of pump pliers & tap/rotate... the pliers
The big stick from the PO is for putting the cover back on
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Once the rotor is removed the cap is easier to approach with a block of wood and rubber mallet, gradually working around the hub.
The destructive method shown in the shop manual is unnecessary.
The destructive method shown in the shop manual is unnecessary.
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I use Vice Grip 11R.
Once you clamp it on, you can just rap on the knuckle with a hammer. Reposition and keep working your way around. Eventually, the cover will come off.
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Once you clamp it on, you can just rap on the knuckle with a hammer. Reposition and keep working your way around. Eventually, the cover will come off.
Last edited by Ed Scherer; 07-22-2009 at 01:30 PM.