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Subject: hub cap removal
From: CAMHI ALAN <camhi@symbol.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 97 10:28:26 -0400
Organization: Symbol Technologies
Hi everyone,  

We'll, I discovered how stupid I can be and totally overlooked the 
obvious solution to my most recent problem.  Previously, I asked about 
the correctness of my rear brake hose connections.  I had a metal hose 
with a threaded nut extension screwing into an internally tapped 
connector that then also housed the rear rubber brake line.

Well when I turned the connector one way to catch some threads, I lost 
the seal on the other end where the rubber hose seated.  What I found out 
is that the nut attached to the metal pipe turns.  It was so badly rusted 
that I thought it was an itegral part of the metal tubing.  Anyway, now 
everything fits and mates fine. 
Blame it on lack of experience/mechanical ineptness.

Next question.....How do you get the front hub cap off the hub so as to 
expose the casselated nut.  I need to install a missing lug onto my front 
hub and all Bentley says is to screw in a #10 set screw into the hub cap 
and miraculously, that will remove it(I assume it is threaded).

Has anyone done this and also, while I have the hub off, is there 
anything I should do or look for.

Thanks for all the help.

Cheers,

Alan Camhi
'65 TR4


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