Rear 5-Lug Made Easy on S-Chassis 240's.

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Not sure if this has already been archived, but either way I'm posting it again because I didn't know until I tried.

So you finally decided to get rid of your gimpy 4-lug hubs because you couldn't find 4x114.3 Demon Cambers in negative offset. Well, no need to remove spindle from the rear control arm to swap the hubs!

1) Remove wheel.
2) Remove Caliper/Bracket.
3) Remove cotter pin/locking plate.
4) Remove axle nut.
5) Remove lower shock mounting bolt.
6) Remove Toe Rod/Spindle bolt.
7) Remove RUCA/Spindle bolt.
8) Remove Forward Link/Spindle bolt.
9) Rotate top of spindle outward toward you.
10) Rotate axle so you can access left side hub bolts and Remove.
11) Rotate axle so you can access right pair of hub bolts and Remove.
12) Pull hub from Spindle/Backing plate.
-Install is reverse of removal (duh).

I was always under the impression you had to completely pull the spindle off to swap the hubs over, i.e. remove spindle from rear lower control arm. I was incorrect, and I'm sure alot of other people have to. Lucky for us Nissan designed the stock halfshafts w/ a concave shape on 2 sides, so you can actually get to the rear hubs mounting bolts w/o removing the spindle.

With air tools, a fold out chair, 1 can of Red Bull, and a selection of music from the 50's and 60's I was finished in just under 1 hour from start to finish.

Just figured I'd pass the word on to those who might be doing it soon.

That is all.