Date:         Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:49:40 -0700
Reply-To:     Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: '84 Hub cap problem
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At  7/8/2010 06:20 AM, Mark Dearing wrote:
>hello Rob  Take the hubcap and find a solf place, sand works  best.  take a
>ball peen hammer and bang the center section out some .   later  mark d

I never thought of doing it with sand for the backing, good idea....
I took some large steel washers (inch or so diameter) and a steel
piece to get them within reach, supported the hubcap on a metal
coffee can and smacked it one good one with a 5lb deadblow hammer. It
was a nice even push out of the center piece, another smack with just
the deadblow did the trick. From the outside it doesn't look like I
took a hammer to the inside.
I tested it with a touch of grease on the speedo cable end and I had
zero transfer to the hubcap so I put it on and will try it out.



Rob

becida@comcast.net
Western Washington State, USA