One variation on the rig to remove the grease cup. instead of using vice grips
on the extra piece of threaded rod or screw, you can put washers or a bar with
a hole in it into the threaded shaft, bridging the opening in the hub and use
an additional nut threaded down the shaft with a wrench to "pop" the cup out.
(I don't recall the thread size on the cup itself, but I can go measure the
thread in the tool I made/used if no one else responds)
David W. Jones
'62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
Cumberland, RI USA
----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Lemon
To: healeys@Autox.Team.Net
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: Brake Rotor removal
I think the hard part isn't the big nut, but getting the grease cap off so
you can access the nut which shuold have a threaded extrusion you can grab
with a special tool or do what I did and buy a extra long threaded nut of
the approriate size at the hardware at the hardware store, have a bolt sick
out one end and screw the other onto the extrusion, then use a vice grips
to
work the grease cap off.
Then remove the cotter pin, remove the brake caliper and you can then
remove
the big nut and the brake disc.
As noted there are two wheel bearings and spacers and shims between.
Regards,
Greg Lemon
54 BN1
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