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Tool to remove Grease Cups on Wire Wheel Hubs?
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The original tool had an internally threaded rod that screwed over the cup stud with the opposite end threaded for a nut. It was arranged as a puller to be used with a large washer on the outside of the hub. You can see a puller here:
https://www.team.net/www/healey/tech/big_hly/tools/grease_cap_extrct.html
I personally use a long nose vice grip on the stud & just wiggle the cup out. Don't tell anyone though.
D
https://www.team.net/www/healey/tech/big_hly/tools/grease_cap_extrct.html
I personally use a long nose vice grip on the stud & just wiggle the cup out. Don't tell anyone though.
D
JamesWilson
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This is one you can make yourself, cheaply and easily:
Take a long bolt and two nuts (1/2" head, as I recall).
Thread one nut onto the bolt leaving a couple of the bolt's threads visible.
Then thread the other nut on so that it is half on-half off.
Tighten the "inner" nut against the "outer" one so that neither will turn.
The half-off nut can then be screwed onto the grease cup's threaded extension, and the long bolt should protrude sufficiently for the whole thing to be pulled easily out.
If it sticks, try warming the hub sides with a torch to loosen hardened grease.
If needed the bolt head can be grasped and pulled more firmly. I think I could even use a slide hammer on it, if I had to. But remember, you've only a few threads' grip on the cup
Using pliers on the threads will damage them and make this approach harder.
Take a long bolt and two nuts (1/2" head, as I recall).
Thread one nut onto the bolt leaving a couple of the bolt's threads visible.
Then thread the other nut on so that it is half on-half off.
Tighten the "inner" nut against the "outer" one so that neither will turn.
The half-off nut can then be screwed onto the grease cup's threaded extension, and the long bolt should protrude sufficiently for the whole thing to be pulled easily out.
If it sticks, try warming the hub sides with a torch to loosen hardened grease.
If needed the bolt head can be grasped and pulled more firmly. I think I could even use a slide hammer on it, if I had to. But remember, you've only a few threads' grip on the cup
Using pliers on the threads will damage them and make this approach harder.
Thank you James!
I have done just what you have described prior to my posting, but the cups were firmly seated and I didn't want to strip the threads by being too aggressive. I'll try the torch to see if that loosens the situation up.
If that fails, perhaps I'll try Dave's method, although I must say that I am very suprized at you, Dave, for such a non-eloquent approach!
I have done just what you have described prior to my posting, but the cups were firmly seated and I didn't want to strip the threads by being too aggressive. I'll try the torch to see if that loosens the situation up.
If that fails, perhaps I'll try Dave's method, although I must say that I am very suprized at you, Dave, for such a non-eloquent approach!
John Morralee
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I used Jim Wilsons method and then bridged the hub cap with a bar through the bolt passed. The thread on the bolt can now be used to act as as a drawer.
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Did you guys look at the screw type puller that I referenced. Just like the factory puller. I have never known of a cup to resist this puller.
On the other hand,
On my present car, the cups are loose enough that the pliers pull them very easily.
D
On the other hand,
On my present car, the cups are loose enough that the pliers pull them very easily.
D
John Morralee
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just read my reply! Sorry it is James not Jim!I did not make clear the bar has a clearance hole for the bolt and a nut is used against the bar to produce the pulling action required.
w. scott brunkhurst
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SB
SB
If anyone wants one of these, I found one yesterday that I'd made a couple of years ago, for one time use on an MGA. I have no further use for it, and am willing to pass it along to the first person that asks.
No shoving, and no cuts in the line!
Jeff
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No shoving, and no cuts in the line!
Jeff
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