losh1971
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Those nuts are not hard to get off if you have a decent gun. I helped do the job at home and paid a lot more than needed. If I ever do another I will pull the knuckle and replace the lot with a SH unit from the wreckers. We did it the hard way, which requires destroying the bearing using a puller and hammer.Those axle nuts are staked, and done up to 350Nm. Plus they’ll more than likely be rusted on too.
Easier way is to pull the shaft and hub together belt the shaft out with a big hammer and drop the knuckle off to have a new bearing fitted if wanting to go that way. Might even only be a few dollars more to do as you say and drop the shaft off still attached to the knuckle.