Sunday was supposed to be nice and relaxing... but nooooooo... like a fool I decided to attack the front suspension.... as I suggested yesterday... very crusty down there !!... but managed to get a shot of the front shock label...
First challenge was trying to get the caliper off... don't think the offside one has been off in decades.... couldn't get the hose out so had to sacrifice the pipe and the spring clip...
These were all my instruments of torture to try and get the caliper bolts off !!...
but..... we got there !!.... the brake union was solid in the hose, so ended up putting it in the vice and using a flat spanner on the flats on the hose end to get it off.... looks like I'm making new front brake lines as well !
Then it was a case of attacking the shock and the tie rod...these bolts were ABSOLUTELY solid... it took a big breaker bar to get them moving.
Got the two bottom ones done, then I attacked the Tie Rod ....again needed brute force to even budge it...even though I'm replacing it, I still make sure to smack the nut and not the thread...... and the thing flops around like a floppy thing, so the inners need replacing as well...
The last bolt for the day was the top one on the shock. I just about managed to get the nut off, but that bolt is in there !!... I managed to turn it with a breaker bar and whacked the end (via a block of wood) but it's not budging...
So after hours thrashing like John Cleese with a branch on an Austin 1100... this was the total haul for my efforts... and I've got to do the nearside as well yet !
... I know I should use the nugga gun... but after my nightmare with that driveshaft nut two years ago, I'm mentally scarred
