I replaced the rear studs for longer ones, and didn't remove the hub at all. There's enough room between the rear brake shoes and springs to r&r the studs. My cousin was the one who told me, he did it first and it works fine. Héctor
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Troy <colorworks@gci.net> wrote: > Hi there: > > Looking for articles on how best to remove the rear hub/axle nut on my 89 > Westy (2wd) to install some longer studs for a wheel upgrade. If I recall > this is one of those things that requires a huge amount of torque, and > specialized equipment. I searched on the Samba, I came up with 150 pages > worth of info, so I guess I did not enter the information into the search > engine correctly. I had forgotten how to do a search on the archives here. > Could someone please tell me how to do that? I had a link bookmarked once > upon a time, but now that I need it, I can't find it. > > Thanks! > > Troy > |
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