The first part I removed from the upper wishbone assembly was the upper ball joint. This is held on by 2 bolts and these came out with relative ease.
However, the remaining upper wishbone assembly is slightly more difficult to remove. Access to the left side nut on the upper fulcrum bar is not possible due to a chassis post so I decided to remove the remaining assembly in one go by removing the bolts that hold on the upper fulcrum shaft.
These are not easy to access as they are on the back of the suspension mount and could only be removed using a spanner and turning at a 1/4 of a turn at a time. It was a very slow process and must have taken over an hour for the 4 bolts!
Once all 4 bolts had been removed the assembly could be rotated by 90 degrees so that it could be lifted over the top of the suspension mount.
The split pins and nuts could then be removed from the fulcrum shaft. I had loosened these while the assembly was still fixed to the car. The lower wishbone arms are then free to be removed from the shaft. Again the bushes will be replaced before re-assembly.
The workshop manual shows 1 packing plate on the left side and 3 on the right side of the fulcrum shaft mounting. For some reason there were only 2 plates, one on each side. I will have to do further investigation before re-assembly to determine if this is correct or if I need to source 2 more plates.
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