Hi all, bit of a newbie but thought I would add my two pennance worth having just done this job, so this is my way to do it
Crack a brake bleed nipple and pump out as much brake fluid as you can.
Using either a 11mm spanner or a set of mole grips undo all of the brake pipes that go into the load compensator valve. Undo the brake pipe on the offside that goes from the load compensator to the flexi pipe connection (you will see it).
Remove the drums and disconnect the hand brake cable, pull it through and unclip it from the axle and tuck it out of the way.
Undo the two lower shock mounting bolts and drop the axle to the floor, carefully
Undo the three bolts on either side that hold the axle mounting bracket to the car and remove the axle, use of a trolley jack will help to support the weight.
Undo or more likely cut the bolts off that go through the bush this will free the mounting brackets and you can now move these around to suit by freeing the brake pipe clamp and slightly bending the brake pipes to the get the bracket out of the way.
If your rubber bushes are completely gone you will be able to knock them out, I had one that I pulled out by hand and one that I simply set about with a drill.
Now carefully cut through the metal sleeve and set about it with a chisel and hammer. Took about an hour either side of cutting and hammering before i had a completely mangled metal sleeve out, oh also lots of penetrating oil helps.
I replaced mine with polly bushes which just slide in, cost more but soooo much easier. New mounting bolts.
I also made up a new brake pipe which goes across the car from load valve to offside and replaced whichever brake union I trashed during removal.
During replacement I got one side bolted up to the car with the axle mounting bolt fitted and the shocks reconnected and then had one side with no mounting bolt in but with the bush inside the mounting bracket, if that makes sense?
I then used the lee way to offer up the mounting bracket to the car and using a crowbar for leaverage managed to jostle the bracket into the right position for the bolts to go in, i then had to use a trolley jack to lift the axle a bit to get the mountiing bolt in, obviously new bushes make things a lot tighter.
Reconnect hand brake rebuiild everything else and job done.
