removing front hub dust cap -how?

[ramonesfreak]

did you leave the spindles?

i just read every thread i could find on spindles, hubs, bearings, 12 and 6 o'clock....

i guess the only way to know asap is to pull off the dust cap and try to tighten. perhaps i get a muffler clam and some jack stands and do it tomorrow

assuming the spindles are worn and its not a strut component or etc... i see threads where its mentioned that its really no big deal to leave a worn spindle alone for some time

i dunno. thats not usually the way i do things but if this is a costly procedure, im inclined to leave it. if its going to end up more costly in the future by driving on it, then ill proceed according to budget - which is basically zero for a while

the non-porsche shop i had the car inspected at last year was making a big deal about the "click" ... so i was afraid he or another place may not pass it this year, which is why i decided to check it out tonight....cant see how this is a safety issue though - unless that spindle is heating up to the point of failure? possible?

[masraum]

2" exhaust clamp does it pretty easily, but yeah, with just a tire change type jack under the thing, not a floor jack or jack stands, I'd not want to be rocking the boat too much either.

[berettafan]

Brand new struts coming monday. I'd surely adjust first and see if that's it. Are you coming to hershey? If so stop the guy in the 2.4 shirt and ill show you what to look for.

[David E. Clark]

Find yourself one of these. It's just the ticket for removing stubborn dust caps.

[ramonesfreak]

Originally Posted by berettafan

Brand new struts coming monday. I'd surely adjust first and see if that's it. Are you coming to hershey? If so stop the guy in the 2.4 shirt and ill show you what to look for.

it looks like the struts come with the spindle when you buy the strut, is that right?

i dont like the price of those....$623 each side

[berettafan]

ayup, not cheap.

but i took a look at at a few sets of struts at Hershey yesterday and didn't see any that didn't have the same wear markings as mine.

[midnight911]

hope this helps...

[ramonesfreak]

thanks. i bought two, 2" muffler clamps and a lug nut per the link above. seems like the easiest way to get it off...ill try it next weekend

[H-viken]

Just spent a while cursing in the garage. Tried the exhaust clamp and other alternatives. In the end there is No question that a piece of wood and a hammer, combined with slowly rotating the hub is a winner. Nice thing about the wood is that it doesn't leave any marks.

[FrinkFrog]

I realize this is an old thread, but since it has been reopened and I just read it, I'm wondering why it is that we buy these 'once luxury sports cars' to fix up and use, but some won't go to Sears to buy a set (or four) jack stands and then to Lowes for a piece of 1/4" aluminum/brass rod (or even to the auto parts store for the muffler clamp deal) and then get the bearing cap off quite simply and safely. The condition of my bearing caps has become no worse than they already were with me removing them with a 1/4"x5" aluminum rod and hammer... and my car was shown by complete service records to have always been serviced by Porsche certified shops. I think in some ways, we take better care and exercise improved methods for servicing our cars. Sorry to ramble.

[LUFTMAN]

Do what porsche did on the turbo dust covers just tack weld a 17mm nut on center of dust cover then you can connect any axel puller to it with a 10x1.50 bolt and use a slide hammer to pull off the cover . Done

[john walker's workshop]

Post #27 is the answer. use a blunt chisel, angled back like in the picture and a hammer. a little on one side, rotate 180° and repeat. why is a simple job like this such a ball buster for so many? rube goldberg contraptions, etc.

edit: changed post 22 to post 27. need glasses.

[bdisco]

The article was built around the recent death of a once-famous baseball player--can't remember his name, since I don't follow baseball, but I knew I'd heard it--who was working under his truck

Mark Fidrych, former Detroit Tigers All-Star pitcher, dead at 54 - ESPN

My wife doesn't let me crawl under the car unless I tell her where the life insurance policy is and she makes sure it up to date.

[Joe Bob]

Originally Posted by 86 911 Targa

Not certain, but isn't this the tool?

That pulls off the Fuchs center caps.....


On dust covers, BF Channel Locks....works every time. Grab it like a beer bottle cap. Rock it up and down.

[john walker's workshop]

post 27, sorry.

[aadrew10]

This is the tool I made to take my caps off.

You can borrow it if you want.

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by john walker's workshop

... why is a simple job like this such a ball buster for so many? rube goldberg contraptions, etc.

...

those explosive bolts on the Space Shuttle's Solid Rocket Boosters could be adapted to blow the dust caps off of our 911s

there is a great video of them in action on the Space Shuttle thread in OT

[tazzieman]

Originally Posted by john walker's workshop

Post #27 is the answer. use a blunt chisel, angled back like in the picture and a hammer. a little on one side, rotate 180° and repeat. why is a simple job like this such a ball buster for so many? rube goldberg contraptions, etc.

edit: changed post 22 to post 27. need glasses.

Agree. Tried various methods, including blasphemously invoking the name of the Creator ; finally used a short cold chisel (5x1/2") and hammer. Came off easily!

[Wil Ferch]

I'm tellin' ya....go back to post #7 and review that method....no "jarring" or poundng involved, a real piece of cake. Leverage.

And for the poster that said use the Turbo method....well...one time we worked on a Turbo with that welded-on nut and we BROKE the slide-hammer !!!.....dust cap....right !