Re: [CR]Campagnolo Dust Covers

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 17:14:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: "r cielec" <teaat4p@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Campagnolo Dust Covers
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <155da1ad0607051355v6ab4ed53n816a3adaac82852@mail.gmail.com>


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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