Glasman...I had the same problem about a month ago trying to remove the hubs from the drums on my 2-ton. I tried everything short of using explosives! My intent was to remove the hub so I could clean out the old grease. I decided to leave it together and cleaned it out. What are your intentions? If it's just to make it easier to clean, I would leave it alone. It really wasn't that bad to clean inside and out for me with everything still attached.