Neil,

I didn't mention turning wheel to access 22 mm bolt, but did do it. Still awkward access and a bit of a hernia risk when doing it on the driveway :)

alistair

On 2012-09-19, at 12:12 PM, neil n wrote:

> Forgive me if you wrote this in your blog but.....
> 
> Turn the wheels (i.e. hard to R to access bolts on d-side), wheels on
> ground brake on etc., crack the calliper bolts loose. This worked for me.
> That said.....
> 
> On the p-side, I managed to remove the radius rod, UCA, only to find that I
> hadn't loosened the p-side calliper bolts enough. They were just "cracked"
> loose. Scissor jack under hub and angle iron between upper forward end of
> knuckle, long wrench, allowed me to ease those bolts off.
> 
> Not recommended though.
> 
> Neil.
> 
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> posting this to remind others not to be an idiot like me when doing front
>> brake job.
>> 
>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/vanagon-front-brake-fandango/
>> 
>> 
>> I should have done better, but perhaps showing my mistakes will help others
>> 
>> alistair
>> 
> 
> 
> 
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