[Shop-talk] Hub dust cover removal

[Scott]

I since I had the wheel off, I ended up using a drift to drive off the 
cover from the back, through the wheel.  When it comes time to do this 
again, I'll probably just crush them with vice grips and replace them 
with new covers, which I'll have drilled and tack-welded a nut into for 
removal next time. I probably should have done that this time, but i 
wanted the thing done and on its wheels.

Those were the worst dust covers I've ever messed with. The 'lip' 
portion was free from the 'dome' part, so that when I had the dome part 
held with the channel locks, the lip portion stayed stationary though 
the dome part rotated freely. And the lip was pressed to tight to the 
hub that I couldn't get anything sturdy-enough in-between the lip and 
the hub. Got a pocket knife blade in there...which I bent trying to pry 
off the cover.  A pick, too.  Screwdrivers and chisels wouldn't fit, and 
hammering on them did nothing, such that I started to think the cover 
lip was part of the hub.  They've both got some pretty good dents from 
the drift.

That was...a thing.

On 4/8/2012 10:17 PM, David C. wrote:
> Mine had a rib or lip on the dust cover and I put a big screwdriver 
> between the rib and the hub and pried them off.   Getting them back on 
> was more trouble than taking them off.