R32 Gtst-4 Front Axle(?) Removal

[s213b]

Hi,

I'm 3/4 of the way through the removal of my rb20 from my 89 r32 gtst4, have gearbox out (rb20 awd box's same as r32 gtr box's??) and have gotten up to removing the front hub/axle (front right wheel off, I need to get the big central hub but off) but have hit a few snags.

1) does anyone know what size that nut is? Is it 36mm? (my sockets go up to 19.... Great

2) gear box is out, brake booster disconnected etc, can't stop the wheel rotating when I try to undo the big nut with an adj spanner + huge flat blade between wheel studs.

The nut seems to be corroded on and f*cking tight, help?

I'm now driving an extremely troubled Daihatsu charade so this is pretty urgent.

Cheers

[sydking]

i think the hub bolt. is a 24mm or a 27mm.

Soak with wd40. or use a breaker bar....

[s213b]

I think it might be 27...

I was using a socket (imperial... Haha) and a penetrant and a 3 foot breaker bar and it was bending the jack pole in between the wheel studs (had it there to stop wheel spinning)

I'll have a go with a metric socket today

[s213b]

27mm seems way to small, seems more like 35mm? Car is a gtst4 (same as gtr axle??)

[bigjiz]

If ur trying to get the drive shaft out u dont need to take hub off u undo the tierod end, the two nuts under the hub (thinks its the lower control arm) and the carster r od just the two bolts u dont have to the front bolts and get a plie bar and pop the caster rod off and u should be able to lift the hub up and the drive shaft Will just come out with it