FYI. I loosened the axle nut with the tire on the ground. Much easier. Did mine in about 3 hours including the upper and lowe ball joints.

 

Hey guys, thank you for all your help I got it changed today, took a while because I needed a cheater bar and I had to go buy an 18mm wrench which I couldn't find anywhere so I ended up buying a $15 wrench set. Just so everyone knows for future reference it is a 36mm center nut and the bolts holding it on are 18mm and you cant get it with a socket.

 

I shoulda thought of that, i ended up putting it in 4wd and parking it then because the bearings were so bad i put the brakes back on and wedged a snow brush to apply the brakes worked great.