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Originally Posted by Markiii
Any tips for removal without destruction short of dropping the drive shaft and pushing from inside the hub?
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I did my front ones years ago, and thankfully only one was stuck. I just sprayed the living daylights out of it with WD40 over a few days, whilst trying to wiggle it left and right and in and out. From memory, once there was a smallish gap, I used a fine screwdriver to gentle prise around it, keeping it as straight as possible. Still drenched it as I went, but eventually came out. Then gave the housing a good cleaning with some fine emery paper. Didn't need to go near the rear ones, but did them anyway as a form of precaution.
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