Stub Hubs, How do you remove them from the trailing arms? Options

[R_u_dd]

I am looking for advice on how to remove the stub Hubs from the trailing arms. There are four 13 mm bolts behind the hub. Is there a special tool to remove them? A socket won't fit and neither will a box wrench. I cut up a socket and welded it to a thin handle and removed one bolt before it broke. Before I destroy more tools I thought I'd ask. Can't find a thread on it. Does the hub push out from the back with a dowel and a mallet? It can't be that difficult...

[mjrrti]

I took a grinder to a box end wrench and made the box end narrow enough to fit in and get the bolts out but it was a PITA. If you are changing your wheel bearings you can drive the hub out of the bearing from the back but be careful not to buger up the splines inside the hub. I wouldn't reuse bearings that you have driven the hubs out of though. The bearing came apart on one side when I drove the hub out and then I had to get the inside race off the stub afterwards which was also a PITA. I have done it both ways on different cars. If you drive the hubs out the bolts are then easy to get of course. When you go to put it back together use a piece of all thread and some nuts and fender washers to pull the stub back into the bearing. Good luck.