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Originally Posted by kamikaze

got it with some help. gf's dad was coming over for movie so I told him he had to help. got the front one with my new $9 22mm socket () to find out that the rear is bigger. i'm assuming it's 23mm. anyway, it wasn't nearly as tight as the rear, so I managed to get it with an adjustable wrench, but I'll still need a socket to torque it back up. not a big deal, I can pick up the other one tomorrow.

I can see how it's a pain to put that axle back in, general consensus is that it's fine to put back in from the right side with the nut on the left?

Rear axle nut is actually 24mm. Yes, it's fine to reverse the rear axle (don't see why front would be a problem either).... I only started doing this on the rear recently, but it would have made life a little easier being that the rear brake mount just floats on there.