How do I remove this item (red plug thing) from a baldor grinder?

[johannesc]

Trying to break down a baldor grinder so I can clean and paint it. In order to access the bolts for the left wheel guard, I need to remove the washers that were sitting around the grinding wheel. There is a red plug thing in the threaded component and I can't figure out how to remove it. I think it is a part of the grinding wheel, not the grinder itself, but I'm not positive. If that's the case, I could just cut it off. I don't plan to reuse the grinding wheel that was on this.

And tips for how to remove that part?

 

[Sumboodie]

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[lilredex]

Picture would help.........

 

[johannesc]

Do they work here?

 

[loganb]

Do they work here?

Try and post them now. I think you need to hit 5 posts before you can load pictures and your last post appears to have been #6.

 

[johannesc]

Ok, I will reattach, but also here is a flickr link: https://www.flickr.com/gp/196520717@N08/C230kM7F79

 

[Old Man Roger]

It part of the grinding wheel.

 

[Old Man Roger]

 

[johannesc]

It part of the grinding wheel.

Does that mean my best bet is just to cut it off, or is there a trick to removing them intact?

 

[Old Man Roger]

Does that mean my best bet is just to cut it off, or is there a trick to removing them intact?

If you want to save it, just use a pry bar. Pry a little, turn a little, pry a little.

 

[loganb]

Lube and pry, or gently cut it off

 

[RTM]

You'll get a new one with every grinding wheel so just cut it off with a sharp razor knife. I personally prefer metal sizing bushings to those plastic ones.

 

[The Cobbler]

as said, it's a bushing for the wheel and if the new wheel doesn't come with one they are cheap. A good pull & it should come off

 

[MiteyF]

I'd grab it with pliers, and spin the shaft and it should essentially unthread itself.

 

[Milton Shaw]

Its a bushing to adjust a grinding/wire wheel to fit different size arbors. The most popular arbor in home shops is 1/2" arbor then up to 3/4 arbor for more heavy duty on up to very large sizes in industrial settings. Every wheel I have seen comes with that one to fit 3/4 or 1/2" shafts that are usual for home shops. Very similar use to the old 45 record bushing you had to use to play old 45's on regular phonographs. Only us old farts know what I am talking about. Don't try to ever use a wheel without the correct bushing as it will be off balance and shatter that could take your eyes or your life.