Hub nut - spanner size

Does anyone know what size spanner you need to undo the wheel hub nut.
As I have snapped a wheel bolt and have to replace the hub.
Also if anyone has a rear hub around Capalaba way let me know.
Thanks

 

36mm or 38mm I think. Big bastard. Use a socket rather than a spanner. I've got one in the tool box at home.

Tricky bit of changing a hub is getting the driveshaft out, need to bash it out without destroying the thread.

 

It's a 36mm. Would be best to see if a mechanic can buzz it loose then do it back up for you, then get a shifter on it somehow... a single 36mm socket is in the 50 dollar range- if you can find them locally.

Doi you need to take the shafts out to change the hub? I thought there was 4 or so 20something mm fasteners on the back and you just undo all the suspension linkages?

 

I thought the bearing was on the wheel side of the hub for some reason. Been a long time since doing it though... Is that how you did yours Mitch? Or did you only do the subframe bushes?

 

I pulled it all apart with the subframe out of the car. But It's been a long time too... so I could be wrong.
Pretty sure its a 36mm nut though.

 

At Chris/Mitch. You need to pull the driveshaft to gain access to the bolts that retain the
bearing.

At OP. If you just have a snapped wheel stud, you do not need to remove the hub. Pull the disc off and knock the broken stud out. Fit new stud using wheel nut to pull it in.

 

If your after a TT one - I have both sides - I'm in Lota....

but this is correct and a lot less work:

 

Thank all that replied
It was a 36mm I bought 1 from trade tools $17
But didn't need to use it - Just bashed out and pulled the new one through with wheel nut (thanks a2zed)

 

That will teach me to skim over posts and not read them properly before answering

 

Not good practice.....

Replacing a wheel stud by pulling it in with a wheel nut is BAD practice

It stretches the threads on the stud/nut, and in some cases, it can strip the thread

 

so whats good practice then?

 

I'm thinking the same- the alternative is to pull the whole thing apart and press it in from behind.
There is a lot of thread in wheel nuts, and a stud is what- $5 or so? I'll take my chances with the wheel nut and save myself 2 hours of stuffing around for the sake of max $10 broken parts

 

Do it properly and save yourself some headaches.

Put an oversize socket over the stud (on the front face of the hub) and use a clamp to squeeze the stud into position. Easy as pie, and you won't stretch the crap out of any of the threads

Wheel studs should last forever if you look after them....... NEVER let a rattle gun anywhere near them

 

Done with care and attention to what you are doing, there is no chance of damaging the stud. Common sense usually prevails, a 12mm grade 12.9 stud needs a fair whack of force to stretch, alot more than it takes to pull the stud into the hub.