 Removing Grease Caps, how do you do it? |
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| nebreitling |
 Jul 3 2004, 12:54 PM
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Member Emeritus  Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-March 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 478  |
how do you get these things off WITHOUT damaging them?
mine look pretty torn up anyway, so i feel fine just taking the channel locks to them, but does anyone have some special tips? thx (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) |
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| Joe Bob |
Jul 3 2004, 01:00 PM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
Channel locks....grip top and bottom then rock them up and down....they are covered by the center caps anyways....
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| ArtechnikA |
Jul 3 2004, 01:01 PM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
ChannelLock is pretty much the hot setup. grip near the outer edge to avoid crushing. the owner's manual shows prying with a screwdriver blade while using another crossways as a fulcrum -- i can see that this'd be easier with a /6's studs, but maybe you could screw a couple of lug bolts in to provide a more positive stop. anyway - i've used a combination the pry method, the ChannelLock method, the beat it with a rubber, then brass hammer, followed (in certain very stubborn cases) by the heat it with a torch then beat it off with a hammer method...
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| jimtab |
Jul 3 2004, 10:12 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,477 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Pacifica, California Member No.: 91 Region Association: Northern California |
I usually have the best luck with a cold chisel, I use it like a really wide blade screwdriver and stick it between the cap and the backplate and TWIST not pry and when it starts to move then it will usually come off by hand. That way they dont end up looking like they have been "rode hard and put up wet". Good luck.
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| Andyrew |
Jul 3 2004, 10:24 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California 
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Channel locks and rocking like Mike said.
I didnt believe it, till I saw my dad make my 5 mins of pulling mince meat from his 5 seconds of rocking.. Andrew |
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| Porsche Rescue |
Jul 4 2004, 08:36 AM
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Saving and Enjoying Old Porsches Group: Members Posts: 2,978 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Bend, Oregon Member No.: 64 Region Association: None |
BIG channel locks.
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