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R33 Hubs/uplinks - How To Pull Them Apart?

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Hi Guys,

Im wokring on a pair of R33 (2WD) front hubs, i want to know how to take the upper shaft out.

Its the shinny shaft with a castle nut on top in this pic:

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From what i can tell it needs to be pushed DOWN, but i think i need to break something off first.

Im not going to re-use this shaft as its for a project car, but i do need the rest of the hub intact.

Also, how do you take the whole hub apart? to inspect the wheel bearings? - and how tight should the hub be? both of mine seem a littly tight.

Thanks for any help.

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After ringing nissan:

The shafts are pressed in, not recommened to remove them, if you have a problem with them buy new hubs.

Hubs should not be dismantled, bearings are not replaceable. Hub nut is all pre-loaded to a specific torque. - again if there are any problems with wheel bearings you buy a new complete hub.

Hope that helps the next person.

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I can understand about the pivot. It's not something i'd mess with personally.

But, I had nissan source and fit new front wheel bearings for my 32. I think the guy you talked to just put it all in the too hard basket and made up some bullshit. I removed the backing plate and there's a large nut in there. The spindle is actually press fit into the bearing, which is press fit into the hub (or the other way around :)) My new bearing were actually really tight, but loosened up pretty quickly with use.

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