What size is the front locknut

[azeli73]

Is the Front axle locknut a 32mm? Service manual I have does not say what the size is.

When you have the pleasure of snapping a hub bolt on the front azle it looks like you need to remove the whole assembly just to tap it through.

 

[thewrench]

It's 32mm, but look at the manual. There is supposed to be away to access the studs without removing the hub. Foolish just tried it though on a 4-lug and couldn't. There is a high likelihood that if you pull the hub, you'll pull out the bearing race with it and have to replace the bearing.

Here's the note from the man.:

 

[azeli73]

Good point on the bearing. thanks. It'd be like me to make a .50 cent part turn into a whole lot more!

If the dust cover interferes with the wheel

hub bolt and the wheel hub bolt cannot be

removed, tap the part shown in the figure

with a chisel lightly and bend the processing

point back to the steering knuckle side.

Not sure i understand, but I'll look at this tonight​

 

[thewrench]

I take it to mean that there must be some sort of cut-out in the dust shield that you can bend back to give access to the nut. But honestly I didn't look (just did my front wheel bearings)