Word to the wise...don't ever put yourself in a situation here you have to pull the hub assembly apart whilst it's off the car. I imagine if you had a vice it would be alot easier to remove the cv/hub nut but do you think I can remove it?

So.....I've bolted the hub to a wheel, propped the wheel of the ground with a couple of bricks, stood on the wheel and tried like buggery to crack the nut(with a breaker bar). No good, any suggestions?

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hmm good luck mate when i tried to undo mine when i tried, i used a 14" breaker bar, with a 5 or so foot long bar on the end of it, ended up neally lifting up the front corner of the car.. (had bro on the brakes to)..

id probably take it to a mechanics shop get them to shoot it off with a rattle gun.. but hmm.. im out out ideas..

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you do it on the car then you get a fat bastard like me to bounce on the bar to crack it
or do as 998 said rattle gun
makka

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The rattle gun had no problems getting mine off the brakes I got recently.
They aren't fitted to the car either, and didn't need a vice or anything.

Sounds like your'e gonna need the rattlegun for that one.
All the pressure in the world won't help, you need to shock it off. Its embarrassing how easy it is with one of those beauties.

You did remove *all* of the split pin, didn't you?

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