Q: Wheel bearing hub assembly

asked by on January 13, 2017

I can not get the three bolts that hold the wheel bearing hub assembly out. Axle boot is in the way of getting 1/2 impact on it. A lot of the shafts I've seen bolt on to the differential, but the one I have just slides in looks like. Never fooled with any like it or I would just pull the axle and lay the impact and smoke wrench to it. Any suggestions?

My car has 214000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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