Lawn Tractor Wheel Dust Caps - Best Removal Method!
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2021
- Lawn Tractor Wheel Dust Caps - Best Removal Method!
Ever wonder what is the best way to remove those pesky caps on the wheel hubs of your lawn tractor? In this video I show you the easiest way to remove those caps without damaging them and
how to re-install them!
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Nice one Dony! The amount of these we see where customers have ripped them off with pliers 🤦🏻♂️
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. My dust cap is rock solid
Great tip don will be very helpful in the future I’m 15 and you inspired me a lot to fix lawn mowers
It is no wonder, that proper instruction, or common sense make things easier, great tip Donny
Thanks 👍
Wow late night for me this came out at 11:30 pm for me hahaha
I generally use a bucket of very hot water, soak a rag and wrap it around the hub.
Nice vid and very true. I've seen so many that have been damaged. I've even seen people trying to lever them off and drill holes in them and all sorts. Your way is a great way of removal and installation. Thanks. Craig 👍
Thanks Don. Great tip and easy to perform. I will definitely use that technique going forward. Thanks so much for posting.
Oh why didn't I think of that earlier? Smart tip!
Thank you for sharing this procedure. 🇨🇦❤️
I got mine off, but couldn't get them back on, over the washer. I never thought to heat them. I have a hair dryer and a dual temp heat gun, so now I know how to do it. Thank you, Don! You're the man!
Now I need to get a lawn tractor to use this great info!
Good tip. Thanks again Don!
Now you tell me!
Good idea ! I generally use a pair of channel locks with fuel line and heater hose over the teeth. Works really well for me without damaging the caps
Thank you! All you guys are incredible I’ve binge watch and like all you guy’s videos in the small Engine world.
Very helpful video,thanks.
Thank you. Nice and easy method of removal and installation.
Thanks Don! I hated dealing with these xaps over the years! Never thought of a heat gun! Thanks so much!
That is a nice tip and one which could save everyone some money on getting a new part for each wheel.
I don't have a lawnmower tractor but that was a very cool trick with the hair dryer. 👍👍👍👍👍
Another excellent learning tool. I shared your page with my brother who is having issues with not being able to go up a hill. Suggested the key out of the tire but unfortunately was not the issue. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Excellent tip Don. I never thought of using a heat gun ! Thank you!
Great little trick Dony thanks .
Awesome information to know!! Thanks for passing this on to us!!👍🔥
Great tip, Dony!!
Great tip, Dony!
Great tip
It worked perfectly!! Thank you!
Thanks Don, used the heat gun and the dust on our Husqvarna LT151 came off like a charm
THANK YOU. !!!!!!!!! from texas.
Thank you so much always had trouble with them caps
Another great tip ! Thanks
I use a metal bucket of hot water poured over it slowly. Never failed.
Thanks you for sharing verry formative
thanks!
Another great tip.
Thank you for this.
Great tip! 👍
Thanks for tip. Thats a great ideal!
you are a good teacher, thank you
Good tip Don thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the tip. Saved me much time and aggravation...
great tip. thanks!!!
thank you Donny, i got some replacement caps for a Murray ride on last year, and instead of the hard plastic on my other 2 Murrays, the replacements were soft rubber and i couldn't get them fitted.
the mower was free and had been abused, the upper body had several cracks, and the lower chassis was cracked around where the transaxle bolts on both sides, only the transaxle front brace was holding the rear end on the mower.
as i had to paint the mower is did so in a dark green with camouflage coloured patches, it looks silly but everyone smiles when they see it.
Thank you!!
THANK YOU!
Thank you!
Thank you, I will try it.
Thanks. My JD 1986 165 hydro is still going strong. A lot because of you! Any chance to get a video on lawnmower blades sharpening and the use of your front wheel lifter?
I used a hook pick to take of and put on. Was super easy.
I have a John Deere ztrak 757 and was wondering is there a screw that needs to b removed from the height adjustment knob before it will lift off
Thanks
Awesome
Recently I changed the front wheels on my L110 and the caps were Aluminum, and to get them off I used a small crow bar, but they got damaged, so I replaced them with some flexible caps from a a place in Florida, that sells them thru Amazon. $10 for 4 caps well worth it.
Too bad you didn't give us a link
Good to know. Any tricks on clearing an area on the plastic JD fuel tanks so you can see the fuel level?
not sure gord, maybe same procedure for headlights?
Heat is the way to go
I have a HS40 Tecumseh no spark new points and condencer new points i did sand it a little. I do get a little shock when I touch the tail pipe or spark plug wire. Not enough to spark on the plug. Could it be a coil thanks
ALWAYS quick, precise & FREE of useless nonsense
dorman makes a smaller heat gun that is perfect!
Mny. Many. Thx
Good tip
thanks
I love your channel
I use a pan of boiling water to heat them back up, then hurry and put them on using mechanics gloves. I have used a hooked tool to stretch them over the washer to get them off. Be careful not to run the hook through the cap.
I want to remove the front wheel on a Snapper LT200. I remove the retaining clip but the washers won't even think about coming off the front hub.??? Every seen this? I have had the wheel off several years ago to replace the bushing/bearings.
I used the hair dryer last time I had to do this, but man it takes forever to heat them up soft enough to take off or put on haha.
I wish I had known that earlier.
Hairdryer.. I don't have one 🧑🦲 lol
Scalp dryer for ya! Lol
I USED to have and use one MANY years ago! Still have some hair but not much! LOL! I'm old!
@@Tommyr lol
Just mangled one with pliers. Was thinking a hook tool might pull it off.
How do you get it back on
Yeah them caps can be a pain. Question is what about the riders ( say older MTD Yard Machine ) where the front caps are hard plastic.... They are locked on there tight. How the heck to remove that type easy.
I just pry them off with a screwdriver
Hey Dony, I just did the Bruce Penner poor man's power steering needle bearing trick on my old Craftsman GT 6000. It has similar caps on the king pins on the front axle. Same pain in the rear as the dust caps on the wheels. Even after heating them, I had to destroy them to get them off. If anyone thinks of a better alternative to these caps, I hope they share it with us. Thanks for posting.
He not the first person to do that lol 😂
Maybe i'm just lucky but I use a standard pliers and just grab and pull them off without damage. then to put them back on I just pull and stretch the plastic and it goes on easily. The plastic has a lot of memory and usually goes back to the original shape.
sometimes that works great but sometimes the plastic is too hard
How about a toro front wheel cap?
A ball joint fork well also if you don’t have heat gun…..🤔😱
That work to get them off, but you'll never get the old one back on again. Way to stiff even if heated.
Heat it up with a hair dryer
Should you become a small engine mechanic???
No. Become a guitarist. That's where your talent belongs.
Thanks ✌️
take too long. use a small offset pick that is use for o rings.
John Deere engineer:
How many parts did you say you wanted to make it difficult to service on our products and entice people to bring it to a authorized repair?
Execs:
Everything. And make sure every spring there is something that will most certainly break and let's add DRM on everything.
Honestly I'm not impressed with this company. Everything I have seen so far has been trash. Now time to proceed to figure out why one wheel isn't turning. Let's hope it's that little metal bar in the wheel that can conveniently come off on its own...
What is annoying is the oil/change filter all in one for $75 here for only a partial oil change!