There is a small hole in end of grease retaining cup ( hub cap) where you can
insert a # 10 machine screw (10-28) and as you tighten it, it will push
against the axle and withdraw the cap. Alternative is to take a large channel
lock pliers and with a twisting motion you can back it off.
D. Brown
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From: CAMHI ALAN <camhi@symbol.com>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: hub cap removal
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 1997 10:28 AM
Hi everyone,
We'll, I discovered how stupid I can be and totally overlooked the
obvious solution to my most recent problem. Previously, I asked about
the correctness of my rear brake hose connections. I had a metal hose
with a threaded nut extension screwing into an internally tapped
connector that then also housed the rear rubber brake line.
Well when I turned the connector one way to catch some threads, I lost
the seal on the other end where the rubber hose seated. What I found out
is that the nut attached to the metal pipe turns. It was so badly rusted
that I thought it was an itegral part of the metal tubing. Anyway, now
everything fits and mates fine.
Blame it on lack of experience/mechanical ineptness.
Next question.....How do you get the front hub cap off the hub so as to
expose the casselated nut. I need to install a missing lug onto my front
hub and all Bentley says is to screw in a #10 set screw into the hub cap
and miraculously, that will remove it(I assume it is threaded).
Has anyone done this and also, while I have the hub off, is there
anything I should do or look for.
Thanks for all the help.
Cheers,
Alan Camhi
'65 TR4
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