I looked at the 97 FSM to compare and noticed that for the front, they tell you to *loosen* the mounting nuts, but not to remove them. Meanwhile, for the rear, they tell you to *remove* the nuts and washers before smacking the middle.
The only conclusion I can draw is that they wanted to ruin...
I added the rear hub from the '94 FSM to show that it's the same. No idea why they would change it, and certainly not if they were still telling you to hit the studs up front.
Not according to the '94 FSM:
I've always used a large brass drift with a steel engineer's hammer. The drift is probably around 3/4" in diameter. I remove the nuts first. Usually, the cone washers come flying right off.
I don't remember the clearance around the ABS sensor, but this has been useful for drilling in tight spaces:
https://www.harborfreight.com/38-in-professional-reversible-air-angle-drill-58613.html
(Mine's the older version, which was Central Pneumatic or whatever)
Also, I generally try to use...