That sodding rear suspension has been removed.
It put up a good fight and had to be done the wrong way
I wanted to remove the trailing arms from their front mounting points but struggled to get the bolts loose. This was mainly because the car wasn´t / isn´t up on a lift - working lower down to the ground restricts the length of grolly bars in tight spaces.
I removed the Panhard bar and the upper differential mount from the underside of the car - well Panhard rod only comes off at the lower end - was trapped by exhaust at top mount...
...then I removed brake lines and parking brake / hand brake cable from the centre (only to find that too is wrapped around the exhaust!)...
...propshaft was easily removed but needs to come out towards the rear so can potentially get caught up in the rear axle gubbins too.
Shocks came off easily and the lower spring mounts weren´t too too difficult to get loose. The upper spring mounts not so easy when rusty! I waited until the axle was lowered before removing them.
The (fabric) straps stopping the rear axle from dropping were left until the last minute. U-clamps on the trailing arms were undone - that was hard going - U-clamps removed - strap on one side removed - axle pings down a bit under a tiny amount of spring compression...
...then just do the other side. Phew =>
The trailing arms mounts at the front were ¨easy¨ to remove with more space once the axle and exhaust was out of the way
