Wheel bearing dust cap

[wpavlis]

Ok, this seems like a dumb question, but how do you get these back on? I just replaced my wheel bearings and went to put on my two shiny new ones. I tried and tried to get it on with my rubber mallet and only succeeded in denting it up. It went cockeyed every time I hit it. I assume there is some simple trick I am missing. It should not be this hard. Thanks for the help.

Bill

[RodnRudy]

Take one of your dust caps to the hardware store and find a piece of pvc pipe that will fit over the cap and use that to drive the cap on. That's what I used and it worked well.

[Redneck Rydes]

Even a piece of old exhaust pipe,cut off

[6T7 C10]

I have used a drift/punch tool and went around the circumference of the lip and walked it in.

[wpavlis]

I have been traveling and very busy, but I finally got this done today. I found a coupling for ridged conduit that fit perfectly over the dust cap. I still had trouble getting it in straight so I borrowed a bearing race installer over the fitting and it worked perfectly.

[Steeveedee]

A stock one would have been made better. I bought a disc brake upgrade kit which had shipping damage, and had to buy replacements at the local NAPA. Those things were a blue steel ***** to install. I never had a problem with stock stuff, back in the day.

[slikside]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

A stock one would have been made better. I bought a disc brake upgrade kit which had shipping damage, and had to buy replacements at the local NAPA. Those things were a blue steel ***** to install. I never had a problem with stock stuff, back in the day.

^^^^^This^^^^^^

My stock ones fit perfectly snug. Tap right in.

Like most everything else these days, you can blame that slightly different foreign standard...