- 1. Spit Wheel Bearing Caps (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 08:40:39 -0400
- I needed to re-grease the wheel bearings on my 76 Spitfire but had a b**h of a time getting the caps off. That nice little hole to take a screw just kept getting bigger and bigger as I tried differen
- /html/triumphs/1997-05/msg00063.html (7,158 bytes)
- 2. Re: Spit Wheel Bearing Caps (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: 02 May 1997 14:44:41 -0400
- I suppose giving you the "get a bigger hammer" answer would be unappreciated...so here's an additional .02 cents worth. The hole isn't really for screwing...uh, I mean removing the dust cover...it is
- /html/triumphs/1997-05/msg00118.html (9,830 bytes)
- 3. Re: Spit Wheel Bearing Caps (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 08:34:14 +0100
- -- <vicwhit@octonline.com> The workshop manual for GT6 mk1 & 2 says to use a no 10 U.N.F. bolt to remove the cap so I guess that is what the hole is for. Regards Ian
- /html/triumphs/1997-05/msg00159.html (7,510 bytes)
- 4. RE: Spit Wheel Bearing Caps (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 06:21:21 -0600
- Had a similar problem when I recently redid the bearings on my 74. To solve this I bought new caps from VB took them to a welder and had a small lip welded around the outside of them in three places
- /html/triumphs/1997-05/msg00167.html (6,917 bytes)
- 5. Re: Spit Wheel Bearing Caps (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 09:54:09 -0400 (EDT)
- << That nice little hole to take a screw just kept getting bigger and bigger as I tried different screws that would just strip the hole larger. >> This won't help with getting the existing cap off bu
- /html/triumphs/1997-05/msg00173.html (7,162 bytes)
- 6. Re: Spit Wheel Bearing Caps (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 17:32:49 -0700
- With the small bolt, mentioned earlier, installed in the grease cap, the use of a small slide-hammer puller w/ an adapter to screw into a pair of vice-grips (to grab hold of the protruding bolt head
- /html/triumphs/1997-05/msg00188.html (8,298 bytes)
- 7. Spit Wheel Bearing Caps (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 06:26:15 -0400 (EDT)
- Vic Whitmore indicated that he had a b**h of a time getting the wheel bear caps off of his 76 Spitfire. <<< I finally got real p**d off and wacked it off with a screw driver and hammer, totally destr
- /html/triumphs/1997-05/msg00256.html (7,398 bytes)
- 8. Re: Spit Wheel Bearing Caps (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 19:09:12 -0400
- I agree, wish I could find one. Like you, I bashed and chiseled mine off. The only thing I can see to do is to braze a nut on the inside so that I could use a bolt and some positive thread engagemen
- /html/triumphs/1997-05/msg00302.html (7,351 bytes)
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