Well...
THe removal of the pistons in the brakes was easier than I expected with the learned advice here:
http://forums.ausmini.com/viewtopic.php?t=19610
Worked a treat.
The hard thing was removing the castellated nuts from the CV hub and I tell you - it was as frustrating as hell.
Firstly I tried the barbarian approach and smashed a long handled socket bar with a FBH - no effect.
Second I employed the wife to sit on the tyre attached to the disc hub while I swung off a 3 foot piece of steam pipe over the aforementioned long handled socket bar and a 12 lb sledge- nil effect!!!
Third - I attacked it with a cold chisel and beat the crap out of it - NIL EFFECT!!!!!!!!
Paused for a couple of Coronas and surveyed the growing pools of heavy duty grease spreading all over my freshly cleaned garage deck. Contemplated removing the hub assembly of Henry and offering up the offending hubs so I had some substantial weight to stop it from moving....dismissed it as a waste of time. Rang a couple of the mini fraternity here in Canberra - nothing offered apart from put it on the car and swing like buggery off the sampson bar. I even set fire to it with a butane torch - NIL EFFECT!!!!! - except for a shitload of smoke and the firefighter across the street coming over to see if I was ok...lmao
Then dawned on me as I Mk 1 eyeballed my Dremel...10 minutes and lots of swarf and both nuts are off and CV's are free.!!!!!!
The bastard that swung off the spanner when the nut went on needs to be shot!!!...lol
Anyhoo, the calipers are soaking in a bath of diesel and parrafin getting all the crud off them and the flanges are in the laundry sitting in a bath of lux flakes and napisan. Bearings are packed and waiting to go in tomorrow(after I get back from Araluen) and then on the car...The nut will DEFINITELY only get 65lb/ft!!!!
Pics to follow - it is amazing what you come up with when all else has failed...
Keep on Trukkin
Hooroo
Rob Forsyth
Miniot!!
