Bingo! Ran a machine screw through the hole in the grease cap and then was
able to pop it off by prying up the screw. Tricks like this are priceless!
Thanks,
Dwayne
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert M. Lang [mailto:lang@isis.mit.edu]
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 1:57 PM
To: Dwayne Cooper
Cc: 6pack
Subject: Re: Front Wheel Stud
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Dwayne Cooper wrote:
> I'm trying to replace a cross-threaded wheel stud on one of my front wheels.
> Like everything else, the Bentley manual makes it sound sooooooooo easy:
> remove wheel, punch out old stud, put in new stud, draw in new stud with lug
> nut... Well, of course its not that easy -- you can punch out the old stud,
> but there's not enough clearance to completely remove it. So, it looks like I
> need to remove the hub. Again Bentley gives the simple instructions: remove
> the grease cap, pull out the split pin, and remove the castelated nut....
Ah - so easy, it sounds. What are you having clearance problems with? The
brake disk?
> Well, the grease cap is on there pretty good, with no obvious way to remove
> it. I could probably pop it off with a screwdriver, but I'm afraid I'll bend
> or damage it. Can someone point the way on this one?
There's a "trick" here. The middle of the grease cap has a hole. Put a
suitable self tapping screw into the hole (like a #10 1.5 inch long or so)
and tighten it against the axle stub. If you're lucky, the cap will wiggle
out a bit as you tighten. Then grab the screw with some pliers (or vice
grips) and pull. If the cap wiggles out a bit but then the screw looses
its grip, you might be able to grab the flat part of the cap down low
where it goesinto the hub with a pair of slip-jaw pliers.
Once you get it apart, clean up the cap real good and then install a
1/4-25 nut, brazed to the backside of the dust cap. Once you install that,
you just run a 1/4-28 screw into the cap and it just pushes the dust cap
off. Piece-o-cake.
> Thanks!
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Dwayne Cooper
> '74
Good luck!
rml
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