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Originally Posted by AlexO
I hadn't realised there was access with the bracket on (
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There's got to be for when you re-assemble. Bolt everything together but leave the nut loose, lower the jack so that the car is sitting on its suspension, then tighten the nut (and the bolt through the front bush)
A word of warning from bitter experience - don't just apply brute force to the three bolts holding the bracket to the chassis. I ripped the threads in the captive nuts doing that. Squirt penetrating oil inside the box section, then ease the bolts very carefully backwards and forwards until you are sure thay are going to unscrew.
A common finding is that the big bush pressed into the wishbone won't stay firmly, and turns the first time the suspension moves to its full extent.
You may need a new wishbone, or put spot welds between the bush outer sleeve and the wishbone.