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Originally Posted by stevekat
You can definitely unbolt the front lower control arm that is furthest to the rear in the front system, from the frame, and subsequently clear the axle from the hub when you 'push' it out. Do not forget to put the weight of the car on the ground when you replace the bolt and torque to spec.
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Thanks so much for the response! Would be much easier than unbolting the strut in my opinion, and yes I will torque to spec with wheels on the ground and replace the bolt and nut since they are torque to yield!
I got worried on pages back because some of the guys in this thread said they unbolted the lower wishbone control arm at the frame and weren't able to get the axle cleared out of the hub, just needed to make sure I could get my wheel bearing presser in behind the hub!
Going to do my outer boots as well while I have the axles hanging there and when I replace my wheel bearings/hubs, hoping I can do it without removing the inner joint (those boots are fine), so only having to remove caliper, brake rotor, and disconnect control arm is a much easier method to swallow to get this job done, than having to disconnect and take apart the entire front suspension.