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'86 Offset Dust Cover
Any advice on getting this thing off?
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09-13-2007, 09:33 AM
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No one knows how to pull the caps from the wheel spacers?
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Are you talking about the front brake dust shields? If so you have to unbolt/suspend the calipers, remove the rotor with spacer/hub attached, and unbolt the dudt shield. You can do it without removing the spindle. I removed mine years ago and have never regretted it. The dust cap on the hub can be worked off with a fat screwdriver carefully tapped between the cap and hub.
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09-13-2007, 12:26 PM
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I'm talking about the dust cap on the hub. I wanted to know if there was an easy way to remove it before going at it with a screwdriver...
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09-13-2007, 12:35 PM
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Wow, the spacers and rotors go on ass-backwards...
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09-13-2007, 07:28 PM
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Carefully tapping it off with a chisel is usually what i have to do.
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09-13-2007, 07:45 PM
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I used some 1" wide pry bar to get it off. Just worked it open a little, moved to the right an inch, worked it off a little and so on until it was off.
I used a rubber mallet to reinstall it. I tapped lightly, moved to the right an inch, tapped lightly and so on until it was back on. Anyway, new rotors are installed. Just waiting for new (used) calipers from a fellow Pelican. My old ones are cooked. I don't think the paint on them is is supposed to be bubbled and tacky. Then I can bleed the brakes and hopfully be back on the road.
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the dust caps often come off with a big pair of water pump pliers but sometimes you just have to go to the hammer and screwdriver method.
good luck, nate
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