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speedo grease cap

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hi everyone just bought a speedo grease cap and cannot get it to go on,even with a wack with a hammer,any ideas :?: are their different sizes :ok
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Never had a problem fitting them.Where did you buy it?
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new ones are b tight, warm it up first, say on top of a hot radiator
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Surely put in freezer - mine are internal rather than external. Or are there two types?
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Fit over the stub I recall, with a lip to prise them off?
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mine are internal too

never seen an external fit grease cap on a VW (they may well exist)
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I fitted a new one from Brickwerks at the weekend, it was a good fit, went on with a few knocks of the plastic mallet.
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Must be two types then.
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What's all this crazy talk of internal fitment?
There's just this ...
https://www.brickwerks.co.uk/front-hub-grease-cap.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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ajsimmo wrote:What's all this crazy talk of internal fitment?

If you've got a big enough hammer you can make them fit internally.
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