Front Suspension Teardown - Process and Hub

So far it has taken around a month to strip down the near side front suspension. The main delay was due to having to find a suitable way of removing the spring. I'll cover this later in the post.

The teardown was performed in the following order:-

1, Remove hub assembly
2, Remove shock absorber
3, Pan and spring lowered
4, Remove vertical link
5, Lower wishbone assembly removal
6, Upper wishbone assembly removal

The first job was to remove the hub assembly. This involved removing the brake caliper which is held on by 2 bolts onto the brake caliper bracket. Then the hub cap and nut could then be removed and the hub and disk assembly pulled from the stub axel. The disk can be separated later and checked to see if it is suitable to be re-used.

The stub axel and brake caliper bracket can be seen in the above photo.

The brake hose was then removed from its mount on the vertical link.

Next job is shock, spring pan and spring.