Ahoy!
I confess, I confess - I have often removed and successfully installed dust covers.
Disclaimer - This is what works for me. I am not claiming this to be the universal, will never damage technique.
To remove the dust cover, I use one of those rubber expandable wine bottle stoppers. This is the style that one inserts, then flips a lever which draws a bulge in the stopper to seal the bottle. I insert the stopper through the dust cover then, flip the lever so the stopper is now bulged behind the dust cover. From the other end of the hub, I use a long wooden dowel as a driver and carefully, carefully, carefully tap the stopper to "unplug" the dust cover from the hub shell.
Upon installation, a little dri-slide or some type of lube to prevent binding and any variant on the Eric Elman Method.
When buffing, I have left dust cover is situ and plugged the hole with a cork or rubber test tube stopper. Post buffing flushing, of course.
Richard Cielec Chicago, Illinois
brendan casey <onlyofyou@gmail.com> wrote: I"ve overhauled many a hub in the past few years, but the part that always sticks in my craw is that i have no tool to remove the covers or to put them back in place. i have taken to popping them out with the axle wrapped in a rag so as not to damage them, but it never goes back in that well. any help? anyone have a tool the can part with?
brendan casey brooklyn ny usa humid and spotty rain, no riding to speak of in the past 3 days.
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