These caps are simply pressed on. The way
I remove them is to take a very large set of Channellock pliers (with at least
12 inch handles) and grab the cap top and bottom with the tool. Then rock the
cap up and down until it comes loose. You don’t need to squeeze hard
enough to mar the cap, just hold it and wiggle it up and down, it will slowly
work its way off.
By the way, this is what is properly called a “hub cap”. The large
disks that cover the whole wheel are properly called “wheel covers”,
not “hub caps”. You can win a bet with that fact next time you’re
in a bar!
Dick Benjamin
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Subject: IML: 48 drum problem
My new Firestone tires arrived today.
Hurrah! :-) However, one thing leads to another.....
Unfortunately the right front wheel is locked up. I want to look inside
to check the status of the brakes and can't remember how I got the hub cap
off....I'm not talking decorative cap I'm talking the small cap on the hub.
There is a nice description of brakes on the Website but it doesn't address
removing the cap.
I think I took a screwdriver to loosen it
but then I think that was a different car, maybe a '57 Ford. This
cap looks like the a large wrench will screw it off but I don't want to attempt
that until I know exactly what I'm doing. If it does screw off, when
I look at the left drum should I assume it will have RH threads and not LH like
the lug bolts?
Ned '48 Crown Imperial
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