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1. TR front axle dust cap removal (score: 1): Author: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>; Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 14:10:40 -0500; Removing the TR's dust cap..... This is the second time I've been through this. Last time, I tried a self threading screw (10-32 I think) through the dust cap hole. I just ripped the threads out of t; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00209.html (8,358 bytes)
2. RE: TR front axle dust cap removal (score: 1): Author: "Mark Hooper" <mhooper@digiscreen.ca>; Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:06:44 -0500; You're using the least joyful method of dust cap removal. For more fun you should consider the Red Green method. Go down to the local fireworks manufacturer and pick up a case of "Burning Schoolhous; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00212.html (9,856 bytes)
3. RE: TR front axle dust cap removal (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 12:44:07 -0800; In a pinch, I've used channel-lock pliers to grip the sides of the dome, and been able to reuse the mangled cap afterwards. But IMO the best option is to fill the hole with a bolt and nut, with enou; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00213.html (8,391 bytes)
4. Re: TR front axle dust cap removal (score: 1): Author: AMfoto1@aol.com; Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 21:55:01 EST; Hi Don, <<<<<snippity>>>>>> I plan to weld a nut on the inside of the replacement cap <<<<<<snip>>>>>>>> That's what I did. I also increased the size (#6 to #8 approx.). Works fine. It might be easie; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00234.html (8,109 bytes)
5. RE: TR front axle dust cap removal (score: 1): Author: pethier@isd.net; Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 12:19:49 -0600; should consider the Red Green method. No, that would be the Edgar K. B. Montrose method. Phil Ethier; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00247.html (7,737 bytes)
6. RE: TR front axle dust cap removal (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:31:17 -0800; Regardless of who should get the credit, I think there's actually some merit in this method. Next time I find a recalcitrant dust cap, I'm going to try squirting some lighter fluid through the screw; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00249.html (7,990 bytes)
7. RE: TR front axle dust cap removal (score: 1): Author: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@nexant.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 14:12:20 -0600; This reminds me of the method my buddy, Bart, uses for seating the bead of the 10" wide tires on his late model stock car. The rims have a second "safety" rim inside the regular rim, and it is hard; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00252.html (8,858 bytes)
8. RE: TR front axle dust cap removal (score: 1): Author: pethier@isd.net; Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:22:58 -0600; What's wrong with those skinny inner-tube-looking things that are used for this purpose? Or if they are bias-ply slicks, the old constrictor belt. Phil; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00313.html (7,817 bytes)
9. RE: TR front axle dust cap removal (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:32:29 -0800; I've watched professionals struggle with both of those methods ... they just don't always work. Was in a shop getting some mobile home tires mounted a few months back ... they had a gizmo that shot; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00315.html (8,535 bytes)
10. RE: TR front axle dust cap removal (score: 1): Author: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@nexant.com>; Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:18:30 -0600; The problem on the newly molded (or recapped, in this case) tires is that the beads "curl in" and even a restrictor belt doesn't force them apart enough to make them contact the inside of the rim. W; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00319.html (8,143 bytes)
11. Re: TR front axle dust cap removal (score: 1): Author: "levilevi" <levilevi@comcast.net>; Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:42:18 -0700; try vise grips (needle nose if you have em)...works every time for me Bud 71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6) 66TR4A CTC57806 (The Wreck-Almost Parts) 66TR4A CTC57529 (The Project) 71F-250 Camper Special (Triumph; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00328.html (7,809 bytes)
12. RE: TR front axle dust cap removal (score: 1): Author: pethier@isd.net; Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:33:56 -0600; That's the part that makes us old guys smile. Time was, tubeless tires were not allowed on the track. Phil Ethier; /html/triumphs/2005-03/msg00344.html (7,665 bytes)

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