Help removing grease cap

[Bardahl77]

I bought a Caldwell that came with CSP disc brake conversion, I'm returning it back to drums for vintage. I'm having a lot of trouble getting the grease caps off the front brakes. The rotor hat is aluminum and I don't want to get too rough and score the crap out of the nice machining. There's two notches in the hat but that sucker is in there tight. I'm pretty sure it's not a screw-in, I don't have the tool for it in the parts. The caps themselves are stainless steel.

Any tricks for getting stuck grease caps off without ruining the rotor hat? Hopefully heat isn't involved, I don't know if PB Blaster would help or not. Never had a problem like this on my Chevy!

Thanks!

[Purple Frog]

I always used very large plumbing plyers, grabbing the rim where those two indents are.

YMMV

[Dietmar]

I am not at all familiar with disc brakes, but on a stock application, there were two styles of caps. One had a lip all the way around on the Ball joint front ends. Large channel locks took care of that. On the link pin front end, I use the round shaft of a large screwdriver, put it between the gap on the cap and the drum and tap it with a hammer. It should pop off.

Dietmar
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[Stumpthumper]

If all else fails, drill a hole in it and put a screw in and pull it/tap it out that way. Dust caps aren't that expensive if you need to wreck it to remove it.

[Bob L.]

On my Spitfire caps, I brazed a 10/32 nut to cap, with hole below...then put a rubber vac. cap in hole when racing...used a screw to remove later (jack against spindle end). Guess you could use a nut-zert inside cap, too, if enough room.

Okie

[Bardahl77]

Apparently there's a tool for removing these caps on a disc brake conversion. Just have to find it!

Thanks folks!