Wheels Hub cups, any way to replace?

[grinningremlin]

I bought a heavy rim from a member here, due to shoddy packaging and rough handling one of the wheel cups has a dent.I've scoured the net and most everybody says I have to replace the whole hub.If they're pressed in, can't they be pressed out as well, or will it damage the hub?Such a bummer, the wheel literally has no use, I sure don't want to have to pay for a new hub and relace.
Any help?

 

[BigBlue]

Searching the web, no suppliers of hub cups. The following are a couple articles I found that mentions cup removal and replacement. One recommends used hubs for the cups.

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/shimano-deore-hub-cup-replacing
http://bikefix.org/?page_id=139

This might help placing cup back in:
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-bike-headset-press-&-install-a-heads/

Good Luck,

Chris
AKA: BigBlue

 

[grinningremlin]

Thanks Blue, that's what I came up with as well.Looks like brutal surgery or hub replacement; good thing I have a bunch of spare parts from a closed bike shop.