 Asistancia! Mahle 4 bolt center caps, is there some magic to removal w/out damaging? |
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| Johny Blackstain |
  Jul 5 2007, 12:51 PM
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I was thinking of going out & buying a nice round wooden baseball bat to cut at the right spot & use that as my custom Mahle center cap removal tool. There seems to be no way of removing them w/out damaging otherwise & don't really know if this will work either. Thoughts?
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| KELTY360 |
Nov 23 2015, 12:04 AM
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I use an ABS adapter fitting that has a 2" id on one end and a 2 1/4 id on the other. The larger end is threaded for a cleanout plug but I glued in a thin foam to protect the center cap when installing.
The narrow end works well to tap on for removal and the larger end fits over the cap for installation.   |
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| easy e |
Nov 24 2015, 10:29 AM
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QUOTE(KELTY360 @ Nov 22 2015, 10:04 PM)  The narrow end works well to tap on for removal. I'm interested because I have a cap that is all bulged out on the side... mid-taper... like someone used a 36mm socket to whack it out from the inside... and wondering if your removal method is basically the same / or not. I've got another cap where the small outer annular ring (that is folded over and rests against the rim face) is not flat anymore and is expanded... like an accordion. Ideally... something that has the same OD as the wheel center ID could push on the very bottom of the cap... then no distortion to the visible part could ever happen. The cap wall thickness is 0.71mm... so it'd have to be pretty precise. |
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Johny Blackstain Asistancia! Mahle 4 bolt center caps Jul 5 2007, 12:51 PM
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:thumbsup: No doubt that is one fine tool & ... Jul 6 2007, 07:47 PM easy e I did some measuring & didn't find a PVC p... Nov 22 2015, 10:25 PM KELTY360
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