Rear Brakes and Control Arm Removal

Now the car is settled in its new home and not going anywhere anytime soon, it's time get its wheels off so I can can crack on with the bodywork. I'm going to get on with fixing the notorious 'hell hole' (more on that later) and also stiffen up the chassis; bearing in mind that around twice as much HP than stock is going to be trying to bend the body through the corners!

I've taken off the rear Brakes, Struts and Control Arms. This should be a straight-forward enough job assuming you can get all the nuts and bolts undone. But that's never the case on a car that's been sitting for who knows how long is it! Infact, the brake calipers had seized on one side so I had to dismantle them in situ in order to get them off.

The biggest lesson learned was to loosen the main hub/castle nut before removing the wheels.. handbrake on, chocks in place, a breaker bar AND 4ft cheater bar with a 30mm impact socket later and the nut is loose.

 Then off with everything else: wheels, calipers, discs, disc guards, struts and control arms. A very messy job...

Now for some more paint stripping before attacking the hell hole...