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[iDemonix]

Doing drivers side currently.

Car is jacked up. Damper is removed (replacing with gaz). Radius arm is lowered as much as I can push it down. Can't get the cone/trumpet/knuckle assembly out.

Been hacking at it with a chisel for an hour, the cone will never ever ever separate from the trumpet. Plusgas'd it etc, nothing.

If I lever against the threaded part of the subframe, I can almost squeeze it out but it won't by about 10mm. I tried compressing it with a clamp but clamp won't fit. Tearing my hair out over this. Agh.

[lrostoke]

_{Get a crowbar between the subframe and rubber donut, lever it out, should go, may bend the metal a bit but should be able straighten after.}

[freshairmini]

just keep levering it. Its rusted in so going to be pretty stuck. Could maybe grind a section out of the middle of the trumpet, would prlly just pull out then.

[iDemonix]

Took advice, kept bending, snapped the metal ring on the end of the doughnut and managed to just brute man force it out. What a pain.

Ok, need more advice!

Trying to fit new suspension, bushing on the new gaz shocks compared to the old shocks is quite a difference (obvious, 20 years wear). I'm really struggling to get the new suspension lower on to the radius arm behind the hub. Tips? Greased all of it, should I just whack away with a hammer? Don't want to break anything.

[lrostoke]

Make sure the old sleeve from the old shockers still isn't on the lower mounting point.

They rust on and look like part of the mount

Edited by lrostoke, 26 July 2012 - 01:48 PM.

[iDemonix]

lrostoke you are a legend of the highest degree.

[iDemonix]

3 hours to do one side, jeez. Now to do the drivers side which involves moving the petrol tank that's almost full...

[cal844]

go for a long run and drian it then :)

[Bungle]

smash the alloy trumpet

you are replacing it anyway with the hilo