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[tunnie]

Do you need to remove the disc & calipers? 

Guide says you do....

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90658.0

Book of 'dangle berries' has a whole 4 points for describing removal  , just basically, unscrew & remove pinch bolt, pull down to release, then unscew vertical & horizontal front mounting bolts?

Never done front wishbones before 

Camber is pi$$ed anyway, so I can remove the bolts to the strut to allow the arm to drop. Leave all brake related items untouched?

[tunnie]

ok, started to remove the pinch bolt, now i see why the bracket to the brake caliper needs to come out 

Question is, can I get away with just removing the bottom bolt to the bracket?

[tunnie]

[Lazydocker]

I remove the calliper and tie it up out of the way and the bracket (for convenience), then crack on.

It's easier with a second person when it comes to the vertical bolts as you can feed an extension bar down from the top of the engine bay and they can hold it. You can do the same and wedge the bar somewhere to stop it spinning when you work from below

Don't be scared to use some welly when getting the old one out

On re-fitting, I tend to give the rear opening (for the vertical bush) a bit of expanding with a lever bar and a smear on the faces of the vertical bush metal to help it slide in

If you get really stuck, give me a ring and I'll try and talk you through it

[Lazydocker]

ok, started to remove the pinch bolt, now i see why the bracket to the brake caliper needs to come out 

Question is, can I get away with just removing the bottom bolt to the bracket?

Probably, but for the sake of a minute I take the bracket off

[Kevin Wood]

I would get the caliper right out of the way.

Remember the Haynes manual translation. "pull down to release" = "find a rather big hammer and a crowbar and beat seven shades..."

I find a bit of plus gas around the pin, wedge a screwdriver into the slotted part of the upright to ease it open a little, get a crowbar between the wishbone and upright, apply some force then lump the side of the upright, or the crowbar, with a hammer to shock it loose.

[Lazydocker]

As above ^^^^

Must admit, if I'm replacing them completely (so new ball joints) I tend to use a fork splitter if they won't shock out within a few whacks. But that's just me and because I've got a good quality set

[tunnie]

Don't have a crowbar 

But i have plus gas 

Usually when removing caliper, i take the pads out (un do 13mm at the bottom) lift up and pull out pads.

Can all that say in place? Just remove the backet bolts and tie it all up out of the way?

[Kevin Wood]

Can all that say in place? Just remove the backet bolts and tie it all up out of the way?

I can't remember, but in the time it took you to post that you could have undone the 4 bolts and removed the whole lot.

[Lazydocker]

It takes less than 5 minutes... Remove the calliper completely, then remove the bracket... It'll be a lot easier

[tunnie]

Yeah seeing thats best way... thanks chaps, its all progressing. Slowly! 

[tunnie]

ok so i'm at the stage of smashing hell out of it, not moving. Plusgas in the pin area, i don't have a crow bar, smashing the right hand side (as you look at the wishbone) its not moving 

[Lazydocker]

Big screwdriver or chisel into the opening where the pinch bolt went through to open it out a little

[tunnie]

little bugger still won't move.... the pin dropped a bit, keep bashing and it popped back up again! 

[Kevin Wood]

little bugger still won't move.... the pin dropped a bit, keep bashing and it popped back up again! 

At least it's loose, then. You just need to persevere. Something to lever the wishbone away from the upright will help a lot. Doesn't need to be a crowbar. Jack handle? Breaker bar? See if you can find something...