But its easier if you remove the handbrake cable first, not taking the brakes apart, as otherwise the handbrake cable makes life harder. For me undoing the big bolts holding the hub carriers to the spring plates was a total git. Glad I had a 550Nm rattle gun. Nearly up there with the big hub nut.. It was well worth it though, tightened up suspension and the bus went straighter too.
I've seen it done at techenders. you need a @SkutterBob , a @Lasty and a @Beaver Skutterbob to bring the van , Beaver to undo the bolts - still no idea what Lasty was doing?
Moral support is how I'd describe my contribution.... Lordy , that @Beaver had some guns on her . @scutterbob and i were both struggling to remove the big nut , up she sauntered told us to man up and shifted it first time !! I'd like to think we loosened it ... Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
But, but, but...you don't need to undo the big nut, remove the drum, brake lines, cables or anything like that. It'll all stay together and just swing out of the way downwards once the 4 x bolts holding the hub to the spring plate are removed and the shock is disconnected. Mark the spring plate so you get the hub back in the same place. If you don't your rear tracking and camber will go to the dogs.
The operative part is @zedders "just". The handbrake cable stops it moving back. I did mine without doing more than the shock and the 4 bolts. I would recommend going the extra to provide a bit more movement. Also its fun to find out your handbrake is working on three strands and a shower of rusty bits. Worth taking a look to make sure your brakes are in reasonable condition. But you only need slacken the adjusters, take out the two M7 bolts on the brake drum .. and "just" pull it off. I can also remember @1973daisey managing to strip the thread on one of the big bolts at a Techenders, adjusting the rear ride height, when he put it back. The spring plates usually end up with definite change in rust marks where the hub carriers sit on them. But a quick spray of some paint will make it clearer.
