| How to remove rear inner hub cover -SOLVED! [message #217191] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 16:08  |
Otterwan
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Well I grabbed the cap on the flats with the biggest pair of channel locks I have, and tapped the channel locks back and forth with a large nylon hammer. Third or fourth hit the cap moved, and after that it was just a matter of working it back and forth.
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OK, so I'm checking the brakes and bearings and after removing the dust cover I see there is an inner cover, so far recessed that I can't get at it with anything. It looks like someone grabbed it with a big pair of channel locks at some point. Someone must know an easy way to pop this off, and it is probably so simple that this is a great opportunity to make me look reeeeeeeeeally stupid in front of the whole forum.
Oh, and I looked in the manual in section 5-17, and it only shows the outer cap, not this inner one.
http://www.oarsllc.com/Hub1.jpg
http://www.oarsllc.com/Hub2.jpg
1977 Birchaven, Lynnwood WA - "We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us."
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| Re: How to remove rear inner hub cover [message #217192 is a reply to message #217191] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 16:16  |
LarryInSanDiego
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I've wondered the same thing on my '73. Had to destroy them to inspect the bearings. Is the inner one required? Seems just the outer one would suffice, or did I miss something?
Larry Engelbrecht
San Diego, CA
'73 26' ex-Glacier
TZE063V100319 03/07/73
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| Re: How to remove rear inner hub cover [message #217194 is a reply to message #217192] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 16:21 |
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| LarryInSanDiego wrote on Tue, 06 August 2013 14:16 |
I've wondered the same thing on my '73. Had to destroy them to inspect the bearings. Is the inner one required? Seems just the outer one would suffice, or did I miss something?
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Did you put new ones on after you destroyed the old ones? The manuals, both the full one and the 1976 supplement, don't even show the inner one.
Well I grabbed the cap on the flats with the biggest pair of channel locks I have, and tapped the channel locks back and forth with a large nylon hammer. Third or fourth hit the cap moved, and after that it was just a matter of working it back and forth.
1977 Birchaven, Lynnwood WA - "We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us."
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| Re: [GMCnet] How to remove rear inner hub cover [message #217198 is a reply to message #217191] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 16:25 |
James Hupy
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What I do that works fo me, is to use curved end pry bar and using the hub
as the fulcrum, place the curved side down..Place the end of the bar
against the cap and pry until you see it move...Rotate 180 degrees and do
the same thing.. Works for me..
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 Gmc Royale 403
On Aug 6, 2013 2:08 PM, "David Orders" <dao@oarsllc.com> wrote:
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> OK, so I'm checking the brakes and bearings and after removing the dust
> cover I see there is an inner cover, so far recessed that I can't get at it
> with anything. It looks like someone grabbed it with a big pair of channel
> locks at some point. Someone must know an easy way to pop this off, and it
> is probably so simple that this is a great opportunity to make me look
> reeeeeeeeeally stupid in front of the whole forum.
>
> http://www.oarsllc.com/Hub1.jpg
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>
> http://www.oarsllc.com/Hub2.jpg
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> --
> 1976 Royale "Twinkie II", 1978 Palm Beach with front end fire. Lynnwood WA
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> shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and
> you have their shoes.”
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| Re: [GMCnet] How to remove rear inner hub cover [message #217208 is a reply to message #217191] |
Tue, 06 August 2013 17:27 |
Emery Stora
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There is a tool for doing this. It looks like a screwdriver with a bent tip.
Some people have brazed a nut to the outside center of the cover so that they can screw in a bolt to give something to grab onto to pull the cover
Without any tool, worrying it back and forth will usually cause it to pop out.
Emery Stora
On Aug 6, 2013, at 3:08 PM, David Orders <dao@oarsllc.com> wrote:
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> OK, so I'm checking the brakes and bearings and after removing the dust cover I see there is an inner cover, so far recessed that I can't get at it with anything. It looks like someone grabbed it with a big pair of channel locks at some point. Someone must know an easy way to pop this off, and it is probably so simple that this is a great opportunity to make me look reeeeeeeeeally stupid in front of the whole forum.
>
> http://www.oarsllc.com/Hub1.jpg
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> http://www.oarsllc.com/Hub2.jpg
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> --
> 1976 Royale "Twinkie II", 1978 Palm Beach with front end fire. Lynnwood WA
>
> “Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
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