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Replacing a lower front wishbone on an Alfa 156/147/GT
Changing a tired old wishbone that's seen more pot holes than a Manchester curb crawl. Having ground clearance is a big help on this one. This is for the left hand side or Near Side.
 | A good starting point once the vehicle is jacked up safely, is to take off the under tray and remove the front wheel. |
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 | Undo the 17mm nut holding the drop link to the fork leg. |
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 | Undo the 22mm nut holding the wishbone ball joint to the bottom of the front pillar. |
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 | Undo the 19mm nut on the bolt that passes through the bottom of the fork leg and wishbone knuckle but leave the bolt in. |
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 | Apply upward pressure on the wishbone ball joint to put some load on the front suspension...... |
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 | ....so after a few given TAPS with a hammer (if you get my drift) the pillar should pop from the ball joint. Now you can remove the knuckle bolt. |
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 | Loosen the two anti roll bar bolts to allow more room to aid the removal and replacement of the wishbone. |
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 | Undo the four wishbone mount bolts, with a certain amount of wiggling the wishbone can now be removed. |
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 | Insert the rear corner of the new wishbone first and then the front. (Parts: 156 lower wishbones, 147 lower wishbones, GT lower wishbones) |
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 | Tack the ball joint to the pillar and add some upward pressure to flatten the wishbone mounts to the sub frame. |
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 | Use hand grips to hold the front wishbone mount in place and a screw driver to align the holes then tack the two bolts. |
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 | Align and tack the rear mount then fasten all four bolts. Now put everything back together and don't forget to tighten the anti roll bar back up. |
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