--- Noah wrote: > On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, Jan van de Wouw wrote: > > In order to remove the drive from the nut the nut has > > to be removed from the hub/axle. > *nod* It's getting the nut removed from the axle that's > the issue. The only way I can see to do this is to remove > the rotor and free up some more of the spindle so I can > immobilize it. The vice grips would probably work, but you'd ave a hard time getting the bearing back on (or off for that matter) because of the damage you already thought of. I have no further experience with this, but maybe you can remove the hub, so the threads on the end of the axle/spinde are free. put the nut onto the threads and then put on ANOTHER NUT. Turn both nuts onto each other so they don't move anymore, put on a box wrench and wedge that to the floor with a breaker bar. What ever you do, when you have everything off of the car, be sure to check why your axle/spindle can rotate! This is NOT supposed to be this way, the axle should be wedged into the knuckle. It being slightly coned at the end, putting on the AD-nut and torqueing it will secure the axle into the knuckle. Good luck with your next tries, JAN van de Wouw Thinking Different... Using a Mac... Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean... #05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000 ------------------------------