I don’t think the belt will go over the complete hub. I would leave the shaft in the gearbox and remove it from the hub.

If you are going to remove the abs you will need to bypass the modulators. I did mine when I had the engine out so just run two new pipes from the master cylinder down to the two t-piece’s on the inner wings.

You will also need to blank off the return hoses at the fluid reservoir or get a non ABS reservoir.