Dust Cap Tool

[jerrybny]

Has anyone ever found a tool that helps remove the dust caps on the front hubs? I want to check my bearing tightness and darm if I can tap the dust caps off. Thanks

 

[JamesWilson]

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Has anyone ever found a tool that helps remove the dust caps on the front hubs? I want to check my bearing tightness and darm if I can tap the dust caps off. Thanks

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I presume this is for a TR6. Rimmer Bros of England list a tool:

Part Number HU508
Description SETSCREW 3/16 UNF X 1"
Retail Price £0.45 inc. VAT (£0.38 exc. VAT)

Its part number 117 on:
https://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/cgi-bin/rimmer?findpart&PartID=HU508&Page=triumph/tr6/susp-front

Is this right? Hope it helps....

 

[tomshobby]

I have always used a pair of channel-lock pliers. I grip the cap ridge with the plier perpindicular to the wheel and lever the cap back and forth until it is all the way out. Works for me.

 

[jerrybny]

Thanks all

 

[tony barnhill]

MG provided on on every 1800 engine....its the long head stud nut on the rear passenger side of the engine - one end is threaded to fit the head stud, the other end fits the threaded stud on the end of the dust cap....I've taken one & attached a head stud with a "T" handle welded to it....just screw it onto the stud on the cap & pull!

 

[Bugeye58]

Jerry, is this for a wire wheel car?
Jeff

 

[Ed Kaler]

THANK you, Jeff!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

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Jerry, is this for a wire wheel car?


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THAT is THE key question!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thirsty.gif

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Ed

 

[Don Elliott]

I MIG welded a 10-32 nut inside each of the front wheel caps - in line with the hole. To take the caps off, I screw in a 10-32 screw and jack them off straight and they don't get bashed with heavy tools.

Don Elliott, Original Owner, 1958 TR3A

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