If you do not care what happens to the ones currently installed, you can
simply take a hammer and beat then off by hitting on the outer part. You
can also use a large screwdriver and place the blade on the side farthest
from the wheel and hit the handle. You can also take a hack say and saw
enough off the end to allow pliers to be used to grab it and pull. Before
putting the new ones on, make sure the entire surface of the area where the
cover fits is very clean. You could take the opportunity to repack the
bearing too!
At 05:27 PM 12/9/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>As usual, I need some advice. The two metal dust covers on the front hubs
>are in really bad, caved in shape. This means I can't use the holes in the
>middle to put a screw through to get them off. In fact, nothing I have
>tried seems to want to get them loose. I have new ones in hand, so I don't
>care what condition they come off in --- they're pretty awful right now.
>Any ideas on how to force them off?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dave Moag
>77 Spitfire
>62 TR3B (beginning of restoration)
>
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