First up was the removal of the grease caps, which popped out easily enough with some gentle coxing of a flat-headed screwdriver:
Once the nuts and washers had been taken off of the greasy spindle the outer casing of the drum brake came away without too much fuss:
After undoing the three inner bolts the drum brake backing plate came free. Both sides came apart without any drama:
I then removed both shocks, which were simply secured by bolts at the top and bottom:
Another two bolts later I had the steering damper detached:
The tie rods required a bit more persistence and preparation. I found that wire brushing the nut and exposed thread followed by a liberal drenching of WD40 (penetrating fluid) was the best method:
The above approach worked for all but one tie rod end (why is there always one little stubborn bugger?!). Frustratingly the thread started spinning freely before I had got the nut off. I found that no amount of clamping with the vice grips would hold the thread tightly enough to that damn nut to turn again. After some time and perseverance I decided that I would sacrifice the track rod end as I was considering replacing them all anyway. So, out came the angle grinder:
I then cleaned up the treads of the steering box and removed the unit with ease:
After loosening the clamping bolts I was able to tap out the link pins, which allowed for the removal of the spindles:
After removing the outer nuts and cleaning out the accumulated crap inside the allen key cavities, I loosed the threaded pin which holds the torsion leaves in place:
The torsion arms were then free to be removed:
Just for fun I set up an exploded view of the individual components that make up the front beam:
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