UPDATE: STILL A NO GO!
TIG WELDED A DEEP GRADE 8 NUT ONTO DUST CAP, SCREWED IN SLIDE HAMMER,
Struck up a rhythm till every dog in the neighborhood was singin' and folks were yellin' out the back windows at me......NO GO
Unless set on a different path that same nut will be perfect for the Ingersol Rand impact gun in the morning after a few heat cycles and more doses of penetrating oil.
This things are either threaded in (an unlikely scenario),or pressed in, so I will do as mechanics do when it is the one thing not described in the manual (REMOVE hubcap) and neither the assembly drawings nor parts catalogs can be seen to show enough detail. I will get a bigger hammer, get it a little hotter and keep upping the ante until it comes out. As of now I have ten fingers and toes. Update mañana.
