Removing Grease Cups

[Gary Mills]

Any suggestions for removing grease cups from wire wheel hub on a 70 B ? Can I just grab the threaded stud and pull or try to pry around the edge of the cap. I assume if I tear something up, cap can be replaced.

 

[tony barnhill]

Gary....on the back of the cylinder head is a long head bolt nut (if the car was originally a wire wheel car)...about 3" or so long & threaded on the free end....take it off the head & screw the free end over the stud on the dust cap...put a bolt that matches the head threads in the other end(I have one with a T-handle welded on it) &, using a socket, unscrew the cap!!!

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[Gary Lloyd]

I think I am going to disagree with Tony!! He has done waaaaay more than me, but, if my memory serves me right, it is is 5/16 NF thread, and it pulls straight out. I was looking for one in the house, and of course I can't find it, but I am sure it does not unscrew, but comes out with a slidehammer or something like that!! I may be wrong, but that would be a first!!

If I remember correctly, I welded a nut onto a bolt (upside down) and screwed it on, and yanked it with visegrips! It has been a couple of years, but I usually remember pretty good!

 

[Guest]

I doubt it would be a first. I'll ask Alida

 

[tony barnhill]

Gary, my young son...let me explain to you the facts of life....
...yes, the dust cap just pulls straight off! However, that sucker is tight! So, you take that long head nut & screw it onto the stud on the end of the cap...then, you put a long bolt in the other end of the nut (or, if you've made a trick tool like me, screw it in) that protrudes out of the hub...if you can figure out a way to hammer it out, go for it...me, I'd just put a ratchet on that extension & start "loosening"....true, there's no threads to 'loosen' but the process of turning the cap backs it up a bit so its free from all the grease, etc holding it in to where you can then pull it straight out....also, I believe the inner race of the hub is angled just a bit to snug the cap into itself....
....oh, I've seen caps where somebody 'hammered' on them to get them out...did you know they rip easily? &, that stud will pull right out of them!

 

[Gary Lloyd]

Thanks for clarifying that, old boy!! See, if you had written it clearly in the beginning, you would have saved me some typing!!

 

[tony barnhill]

You're correct, Gary....I assumed some basic knowledge (I must always remember what assume spells: ass - u - me) & also forgot I'd have some of my Canuck buddies reading...

 

[Gary Lloyd]

Gee Tony, you are such a nice guy, just remember, no bragging!!