Jeff Young writes>
> The threads don't actually matter much, since the grease cap is
> less than 2 threads thick. I've used everything from bolts to
> wood screws. Anything handy that fits in the hole without too
> much room to spare.
>
> The pounding w/ screwdriver does work, but it bangs them up pretty
> good and can be quite frustrating.
We are talking about Spit/GT6/Europa front hubs here. Here is what mine did:
I figured (keen judge of Murphy's various laws that I am)
that any dust cap with as deep a wall as this one was NEVER going to come
out whole by pounding or prying. I recalled the way I was able to remove
the wire-wheel Spridget dust caps by using a slide hammer to apply the
force in the proper direction in the first place. I have a
couple of cheap slide hammers they sell for light dent-pulling. I did not
recognize any threads in the hole in the dust cap. The standard fitting
for the slide hammer is a sheet-metal screw. I inserted the end of the
slide-hammer and stared turning the handle to lock the screw into the hole.
Surprise! Before I got the screw all the way in, the dust cap started to
move. Sure enough, the sheet-metal screw had bottomed on the end of the
stub axle and removed the dust cover with nary a whack required from the
slide hammer.
Sort of like the thrill you get whilst using a left-handed drill to make
the hole for an easy-out, and the drill removes the broken bolt all on its
own. :-)
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