Rear hub nut, what size ?

[Stuart Giles]

Ive got about 2 ton, so if anyone needs large Whit spanner let me know. 

Not that a normal spanner will do you any good getting the nut off the axle tube, the wheel studs are in the way. Hence why most have chisel marks. 

A ring spanner is what is needed. Or if your posh a socket or box spanner, assuming you can get them over the burrs from the aforementioned chisel marks!

Re. using an open end spanner on the nut, I've never had a problem with this spanner which was a hand-me-down from one of my brothers when I got my first A7 in 1971. Could be a problem I suppose with one of those  Edwardian era black steel jobs that have massively wide jaws.



As a BTW, below the spanner is the tool I use for immobilising the hubs when I'm doing up/undoing halfshaft nuts. It's a (knackered) steel brake drum with the drum section cut off and a short piece of thick wall tube welded on. I put a stout pry bar in the hole so that it reaches the ground when I'm ready to work.