[Shop-talk] Hub dust cover removal

[Scott Hall]

I bought one of those cheap Harbor Freight trailers. Need to install the
wheels. I can't get the dust covers off the hubs to bolt on the wheels.  If
I clamp onto the covers with channel locks I can spin it, but I can't get
anything between the lip of the cover and the hub. Is there some trick to
this before I punch a hole in them and pry them off?

Thanks in advance.

Scott