Well, basically I had to replace a broke stud on the driver side rear end. I took the brake assembly off and hammered out the broke stud somewhat gently. Then realized the new stud was NOT going to go in the hole, unless the hub was removed. Well, I think this may have been the tightest or the second tightest nut I have ever tried to remove!
This sucker would not budge with my 180lbs leaning on a 20" Breaker Bar! In fear of breaking the friggin breaker bar, I stopped and put everything back together so my friend could get his Viper back home. Most of my experience with working on axle hub nuts like this is... the nut should be somewhat lose so the wheel bearings can spin freely and what not. I mean thats the whole reason for the "Cotter Pin" holding on the retainer outside the hub anyways right? Why would there be about 100lbs of torque on this when the wheel bearings are in need of free spin? I checked to see if the threads were reversed because I was amazed at the torque behind this 1-1/4" hub nut. Man I gotta figure this out.... So have any of you taken this nut off?
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