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Luckily the hub nuts were already loosened by the seller before they shipped it!
I had no luck removing them with a breaker bar due to the hubs rotating as I tried to put torque on them. My electric impact got them off eventually but would have no hope busting a rusted nut torqued down to 400nm, my impact is only rated to about 250nm
The axles are still stuck in the hubs, I've got them soaking in WD40 while the gear puller I ordered comes in the mail. Some people have a really hard time getting them out with huge sledge hammers.
Fortunately in my case I have the luxury of destroying the hubs if need be, I only need the axle. The only reason why I would preserve them is to maybe sell them on, although I'm not sure that many people are after the hubs. Alternatively I can keep the output flanges and handbrake assembly for conversion to reduce my rear wheel offset by 10mm so I can fit wider wheels.
DR-JEKL, why do you need new wheel bearings? Don't you just reuse your existing hubs?
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