Disassembly and Spring Removal

Here's a pictorial of removing the front suspension.

Remove the wheel.

Remove the caliper cotter pins from the locking blocks.

Remove the locking blocks with a hammer and screwdriver.

Remove the Caliper by pulling it straight out.

Remove the support bracket by removing these bolts.

Remove the disc retaining bolts, ring and disc. You may have to hit it lightly with a rubber mallet.

Remove the dust cover.

This lockplate bolt always gives me trouble. I tried using a wrench and this time I tried an impact.

It probably will break. It's the nature of the beast.

Remove the nut attaching the control arm to the pillar.

Remove the nut attaching the strut bar to the control arm and lock plate.

Remove the nut attaching the steering arm to the pillar.

Remove the nuts holding the strut to the pillar.

Leave one of the bolts in to hold the pillar in place until it's ready to be removed.

Use a fork and hammer or an air hammer to remove the steering arm.

Use a fork and hammer or an air hammer to remove the control arm.

Remove the pillar.

Use a fork and hammer or an air hammer to remove the strut bar and lockplate from the tontrol arm.

Use an impact wrench while holding the strut with one hand to remove the shock retaining nut.

Carefully remove the strut assembly and disassemble.

Remove the nut retaining the control arm to the body.

You probably will need to use a crow bar to remove the bolt.

This was probably better to be done early on, like first. However I did it last and it wasn't too bad. I needed to use a helper bar and my foot to keep the bar from twisting when I removed the nut.

Remove the 3 nuts holding the camber plate to the shock tower.

I didn't remove the caliper completely, but if you do, make sure you plug the reservoir before removing the brake line.

In this case, I used a zip tie to hold the caliper up while I worked on the suspension.