Maybe this is common knowledge but I did not know so...................
I wanted to check/clean my Levo Comp front wheel bearings. The spacer caps on each side just pull off fairly easily but then you are left with the end caps with no obvious way to remove them. I assume there is somewhere a special tool but I could not find any reference to one. So this is how I removed them...may be right or maybe wrong but it worked and was easy.
The end cap consists of 2 parts. A top hat shaped part and a ring that holds it in place......like a hat band to continue the theme! I used a flat bladed screwdriver inserted down the top hat section and into the very small gap between it and the bearing.......and then levered gently rotating the wheel 45 degrees at a time. Initially it feels like you are making no progress but it will release ( quite suddenly) after 3 or 4 leverages at different points around the wheel. you can then access the bearings and check they move freely and without play, clean everything up and apply just a little grease a gainst the face of the bearing to help the sealing of it from water etc.
To replace the end cap, place the top hat part against the bearing and then the "hat band" part over it and make sure it is sitting evenly. I then used a 23mm socket to tap the "hat band" flush with the hub edge.
Note the "hat band" part goes on the right way up ( inspect when you take it off to identify which way it goes back on).
I wanted to check/clean my Levo Comp front wheel bearings. The spacer caps on each side just pull off fairly easily but then you are left with the end caps with no obvious way to remove them. I assume there is somewhere a special tool but I could not find any reference to one. So this is how I removed them...may be right or maybe wrong but it worked and was easy.
The end cap consists of 2 parts. A top hat shaped part and a ring that holds it in place......like a hat band to continue the theme! I used a flat bladed screwdriver inserted down the top hat section and into the very small gap between it and the bearing.......and then levered gently rotating the wheel 45 degrees at a time. Initially it feels like you are making no progress but it will release ( quite suddenly) after 3 or 4 leverages at different points around the wheel. you can then access the bearings and check they move freely and without play, clean everything up and apply just a little grease a gainst the face of the bearing to help the sealing of it from water etc.
To replace the end cap, place the top hat part against the bearing and then the "hat band" part over it and make sure it is sitting evenly. I then used a 23mm socket to tap the "hat band" flush with the hub edge.
Note the "hat band" part goes on the right way up ( inspect when you take it off to identify which way it goes back on).
