Front beam removal
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rustydiver
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Dandaz emailed this to me last year when i did mine, was supprised how straight foward it was.
First slacken the wheel nuts
Jack up the axle and support with axle stands.
Take the road wheels
Take off clutch cable
Handbrake cable ,this will have a bracket as well..
Take off accelerator cable
Gearshift bar ,both bolts inside van and bolt towards the rear of the bar [usually a square bolt] ,the bar needs to come out...
Steering bar ,undo ball joint near axle [this will have a split pin ,I just remove the bolt and drill the pin out after..]
Speed cable...[split pin at end of hub] just pull it out.
Undo caliper bolts ,let them hang down...
Undo the 4 bolts eitherside that holds the axle in place....The get easier access I take the top shock bolt off and move the shock...
Have a quick look to see if anything is in the way ,take the jack off ,the beam will stay putt...
I have a BIG bar and I put it on the top ball joint and wedge it under the chassis ,and push ,then same again and the otherside...If you have not got a bar jump up and down on the front discs/drums...
Slowely the axle will move ,be carefull before it drops to protect your disc backing plates...[if you have any]
and drag out ...
The time is taken up swapping all your stuff ,the get your arms back on you may need to drop a ball joint...
You can get away with just taking away one end off ....Like one side of anti roll bar ,one end of the steering ...
Plenty of grease on the new beam it will just slip on.....
First slacken the wheel nuts
Jack up the axle and support with axle stands.
Take the road wheels
Take off clutch cable
Handbrake cable ,this will have a bracket as well..
Take off accelerator cable
Gearshift bar ,both bolts inside van and bolt towards the rear of the bar [usually a square bolt] ,the bar needs to come out...
Steering bar ,undo ball joint near axle [this will have a split pin ,I just remove the bolt and drill the pin out after..]
Speed cable...[split pin at end of hub] just pull it out.
Undo caliper bolts ,let them hang down...
Undo the 4 bolts eitherside that holds the axle in place....The get easier access I take the top shock bolt off and move the shock...
Have a quick look to see if anything is in the way ,take the jack off ,the beam will stay putt...
I have a BIG bar and I put it on the top ball joint and wedge it under the chassis ,and push ,then same again and the otherside...If you have not got a bar jump up and down on the front discs/drums...
Slowely the axle will move ,be carefull before it drops to protect your disc backing plates...[if you have any]
and drag out ...
The time is taken up swapping all your stuff ,the get your arms back on you may need to drop a ball joint...
You can get away with just taking away one end off ....Like one side of anti roll bar ,one end of the steering ...
Plenty of grease on the new beam it will just slip on.....
If you follow that list posted above, you'll be fine - unless anything seizes of course.
Despite having done it before years ago, this time I totally forgot about the gear shift rod and the handbrake cables - was merrily bouncing up and down on each end of the beam as I bent the rod, wondering why it wasn't dropping off the van - muppet!
Despite having done it before years ago, this time I totally forgot about the gear shift rod and the handbrake cables - was merrily bouncing up and down on each end of the beam as I bent the rod, wondering why it wasn't dropping off the van - muppet!
