Hey guys

I thought i would change my tie bar rubbers as they had perished. When removing the back nut attached to the lower control arm i hit the brake line behind the brake drum with the bolt head thus not allowing me to take the bolt out. Is this common? Am i missing a step somewhere?

Thanks

You may need to undo the lower ball joint so as to gain the clearance to remove the bolt.
Dont be tempted to replace the bolt up from the bottom-up as I did once and the nut worked loose and the bolt fell out at 100km/h and the mini wanted to do a hard left turn.
Luckily I was holding onto the steering wheel with both hands.

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
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2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

you might find you can get it out if you jack up the hub - put your jack under the ball joint

Thanks guys. With a lot of subtle pressure i used a combination of both your advises and it had enough clearance.

Thanks

The bolts are put in that way so even if the nut come off, the bolt is un-like to come out (but still can ).

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Good you replaced them. A 50 cent service job I do once a year on the Mini.

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Select a gear, bring up the revs and release the clutch...off you go!