Don:
Had to laugh; My problem was just the opposite. The dust caps
came off easily with the sheet metal screw trick. When the time came to
put them back on, one of them just would not go. It went on, a couple
taps with a hammer, but a few minutes later it would just fall off!
Thing had a mind of it's own. This happened a couple of times until I
realized I wasn't doing anything wrong.
Solution was simple - The DPO had dimpled the rim getting it
off, so I used a punch and hammered the dimples out from the inside
using my vice as an anvil. The dimples were keeping the darned thing
from seating.
If it isn't one thing, it's another!
Cheers,
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Don Malling
Sent: March 07, 2005 11:11 AM
To: 6-Pack; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: TR front axle dust cap removal
Removing the TR's dust cap.....
This is the second time I've been through this.
Last time, I tried a self threading screw (10-32 I think) through the
dust cap hole. I just ripped
the threads out of the hole. Then I bought a small body-work slide
hammer with a sheet metal screw
through the hole. Again, just ripped the threads out of the hole. I
finally resorted to a screw
driver and a hammer. Drove the screw driver through the side of the dust
cap and pried it off.
The hammer and screw driver works well but the replacement dust caps are
kind'a cheesy compared to
the originals. I plan to weld a nut on the inside of the replacement
cap, but it sure seems there
should be some non-destructive way to remove a dust cap.
I guess there's one good thing about the demise of Triumph. The guy that
designed a dust cap w/o a
pry off lip, lost his job. Too bad he took everyone else with him :-)
Soaking in PB Blaster now... Frustrated... Can you tell???
Don Malling
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