It shouldn't be this hard. On all the parts cars, the hardest part was removing the nut from the hub. Once it was off, I just placed the nut into a bench vice, and used a nail tap and a hammer to punch the angle drive out...tapping from the inside of the nut. Always popped right out. I've even done mine this way a few times. Never had any trouble, after figuring that out. Good Luck Mike! -Josh Joe OBrien wrote: > >I've lerned the hard way that the only way that retaining ring will >let go is if you hack the angle drive in half and salvage the nut. > >Or just buy a new nut from a Vendor. In one instance helping someone >I managed to rip pff the nut from the retaining ring with my bare >hands, just once. > > >Joe OBrien > [moderator snip] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/