I'm having trouble removing the wheel bearing grease cap on the front wheels. Clarks garage says to tap around the back of them with a hammer and chisel but they aren't budging. Does anyone have some tips or advice for removing these? Thanks!

 

They are press fit into the hub. There is a lip that runs around the base of it. You can sometimes pry on this with a screw driver. Rotate it 90 degrees and do it again. It will eventually come off.

 

I have used a big pair of adjustable pliers to pry it off but find the best way is hammer and chissle. Just keep working around the outer edge a tap at a time. When I install I apply a little greese to the cap to help get off the next time

 

Thanks, I'll keep working at it. I was really hoping someone would have a magic answer for me, lol. Oh well.

 

Find the little groove in the hub, pop the cap there and then work your way around it with a screwdriver and hammer, just don't gouge it.

 

If you keep trying and start feling like its never going to come off, thats pretty much normal.

 

What DanR said. Get a big pair of these....



... grab on the top and bottom and slowly wiggle it off.

 

Get a bigger hammer, or a bigger person to hit it for you....

 

I removed both of mine with a 30 minute track session.

 

Ha! Part of my spring maintenance is to pull mine off and repack the bearings with some hi-temp synthetic grease. Those suckers really get hot over a session.