Follow Bob's advice with the twisting of the screwdriver against the lip, along with trying to use the screwdriver or pry bar to gently pry it out. If neither of these work, spray it with some PB blaster and grab a huge set of channel-locks. If you don't have a huge set, go buy a cheap huge set. Tape up the inside of the jaws with a few layers of masking or duct tape so as not to mar the surprisingly fragile grease cap, and place the channel-locks atop the cap. Give it a gentle "Twist". Once you get the cap moving, it should come off with a little prying, though sometimes they are really stuck. If all else fails, ruin the grease cap and get a new one (Ruin it by taking the tape off your channel-locks and pulling that sucker off!). -Craig '85GL turned WESTY On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 8:27 PM, azsun99 <azsun99@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> I know, it sounds really basic, like stuff I should know, but is >> there a proper or >> easy way to do it without bashing it up? >> thanks, >> Jerry in AZ >> >> > In a word... WonderBar! > > <http://www.diguniverse.com/TOOLS-AND-SUPPLIES/TOOLS/STY55515.html> > > Jim > |
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