What I need help in is taking off the black piece on the back of the cap with the thread on it.

I know it has tabs but they are tricky and hard to loosen to take off the part I was talking about. I was wondering if there was an easier way possibly.

The picture of the plastic piece with the tab was only removable after I had broken it. I really want to avoid cracking them all as I am not sure if the part I am trying to remove is even still available to buy still.

This is a side profile shot of the tab I need to mess with in order to loosen the whole thing from the cap



Another picture of the tab



The threading



To give an idea of it's connection to the actual cap



And then you see the rectangular peg. Well that's the tab. It kinda looks like this

 

are you trying to chrome your caps?

do you think the cap is held on by some type of adhesive? have you tried a little bit of heat from a heating gun to try and loosen up the adhesive? i know it may melt the plastic but a lil bit may not harm it if you use the heatgun from the top of the cap and not directly on the plastic.

 

I'm not going to chrome the cap, just polish it. I know the centerpiece that says Racing Hart C2 is held on by adhesive and I found it that the black plastic thread is also held on by some adhesive, but it was so old it dried up. I plan to take off the cap but I'll be doing it from behind the cap instead.

Thanks though Opossum Jenkins. I was able to successfully remove what I needed.

These are the tools I bought: $6.99



The main one's that I used:



With the tool shaped like an L at the end, you want to insert it into the slot and try to get the point in back of the tab so that you could dislodge it from the grove in the cap that holds it



Upclose pic. You could see the tab pretty well here, that is because the pick is behind the tab and I am putting a little bit of pressure to pop it out.



Once it is out I used the tool with an obtuse pick and fit it under the plastic thread and pushed up to really make sure it was popped out of place.



Lastly, I used the hook tool around the edges once all 3 tabs were loose to pop the whole plastic thread cap off. You don't have to use this but I just chose to.



BAM! They're off. Now off! :D

 

Awesome

Yea I couldn't tell if they were held on by the tab or not. I have also tried to remove some before w/o luck.