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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by GCG
I'm glad you finally managed to disassemble everything without more problems or damage and I see it was a 33mm nut after all, as I thought.

Good luck!
Thanks...wish you were right about the damage.

During assembly, one wrench slip and the spindle kicked into the CV boot and punctured it righ at the outboard clamp.

I did a "patch" on it with some epoxy for ABS and a silicon tape wrap. If it starts to sling grease, I'll be getting back in to it. I JUST finished about 30 minutes ago and took my test drive.

No growl, so I guess it was worth the time and trouble.
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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 10:28 PM
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Hope you got it all fixed and no more problems - especially from the punctured CV boot.
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Old Apr 16, 2012 | 08:14 AM
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It varies some year models got 34mm some got 33mm. My '01 was a 33mm nut.

It's like 130 ft/lb, so it should break free with a breaker bar. Try squirting some PB Blaster penetrating oil on it, let it sit for 15 min and try again.

BTW, I have a similar situation and will be getting some rear hubs soon to replace them.
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