Mavic 12mm rear hub service question.

[Darius_Jedburgh]

I want to remove and lubricate the freehub on my Mavic 12mm through hub rear wheel.
I've googled everywhere, and everything I've found tells me to remove the cap at the end of the axle. No flats or Allen key provision. Mavic website only has animated videos, but this seems to say that the cap just pulls off. Seems tight on to me!
Anyone ever removed this, and if so how? Is it just a case of a strong right arm or is there some secret trick to removing this?

 

[iluvmybike]

Pop into a vice (soft jaws if you have them!) and pull - they get a bit corroded on and can be tight

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

Pop into a vice (soft jaws if you have them!) and pull - they get a bit corroded on and can be tight

Thank you. Don't have soft vice, but have a workmate with wooden top which should suffice.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

The caps pop on, unless I'm thinking of something different - I bought an Aksium disc rear recently and had to change the thru axle caps to the QR ones

 

[iluvmybike]

The caps pop on, unless I'm thinking of something different - I bought an Aksium disc rear recently and had to change the thru axle caps to the QR ones

Yes they do 'pop' on but they don't always easily 'pop' off! Hence the recommendation to put in a vice and give them a wiggle and a pull

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

The caps pop on, unless I'm thinking of something different - I bought an Aksium disc rear recently and had to change the thru axle caps to the QR ones

Thanks. I assumed they did. As mentioned the Mavic graphics indicate that, but mine doesn't want to move. As @iluvmybike suggests it will be stuck on through corrosion or accumulated road dirt.
I've ordered some soft jaws for my vice and will tread gingerly when they arrive.

 

[accountantpete]

Can't really remember about Mavic wheels but my old Hed Alps had a similar arrangement and it was possible to poke a rod down through the hollow axle, catch the lip of the inner cap and push it out . The first time needed a few blows around the lip to break the dirt seal.