As Tom says, you can leave the big nut alone. It can be a little tricky
the first time but I mostly do it that way even though I have to tools
to remove the 46mm nut with little trouble. There is a large notch in
the hub for accessing the parts. Turn the hub till the notch is where
you need it.

Mark

Tom Young wrote:
>
> You sound skeptical.
>
> The myth that one needs to remove the axle nut to do the rear brakes is one
> that's been repeated in just about every manual I've seen.  Even the
> Bentley, while not explicitly saying so, suggests this it true.  Well, it's
> not.