stupid question,,, bbs caps..

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dark_sounds
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Post Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:42 pm

how do i take off the caps to get to the bolts!!!?!?!! lol what am i doing wrong! i nee dtocheck brake pads, my sensor started lighting up randomly.
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Post Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:47 pm

standard bbs alloys?
usually with the (should be supplied with car) big plastic spanner
or with a large pair grips
or put on a pair of gloves and turn them by hand - if they aren't too new you may be able to summon the strength (have some spinach first)
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Post Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:53 pm

mine come off quite easily, grab hold of the large centre nut and give it a anti-clockwise twist...

P.S. your flickering brake warning light will probably down to a bad joint on the back of the instrument cluster... I'm doing a write up of the fix this weekend...
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Post Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:56 pm

it turns, about 90 degrees maybemore, then stops... then it wont turn no more nad nothing comes off??? should it turn more?
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Post Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:58 pm

dark_sounds wrote:it turns, about 90 degrees maybemore, then stops... then it wont turn no more nad nothing comes off??? should it turn more?
give it a tug mate!
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Post Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:46 pm

lol sound so dumb, done it in the end:) cheers