Caliper stuck

Thanks again 

I’ve got real life paid work this morning but will be back having a go with your suggestions later. 

im in Devon, not far from Exeter. 

thanks!

So thinking about it again, my issue is when I try and push the hub and driveshaft back in the rods are preventing me from pushing but this may be because the other wheel is on?

if I get the other side in the air on an axle stand and remove the wheel might this give me enough wiggle to push shaft/hub back in to temporality bolt kingpins back in and do this properly?

Hi
Gravity is a b#¤ sometimes. if I understand the problem correctly I suspect the half shaft has come out of the diff.. there is nothing to be done other than wiggling.the other wheel will not interefere with anything on the other side.

it is just like DrRobin says.

the inner end of the half shaft will drop down into the axle tube and you will have to lift the inner end of it to poke it into the splines in the diff. take care not to damage the shaft seal.
I just did this and had the same problems with the rods that did not come off. Taking the half shaft out of the hub did the trick for me. Then you can wiggle the half shaft into the diff first and the hub over the kingpin bearings after.
To do this in one go I think you would have to be a magician

Ah I see hang on let me see if I’ve got this.

Push the half shaft out of hub, try to wiggle half shaft back into diff, then hub over half shaft, king pins back in then carry on?

I’ve got the nut off the front rod (steering arm?!) if I used one of those wind up ball joint splitters rather than my hammer wedge guy, would I have more of a chance of it coming off?

Then I could swing hub out of way on back tie rod? Remove half shaft, put hub back on with kingpins whilst I jack under tie rod bolt to stop it spinning so I can undo that?

I can grab a wind up ball joint splitter guy this morning if you think that may help.

A wind up ball joint splitter should work fine.

One rod connects to the steering box the other to the drivers side wheel, so if you jack up the other side, take the wheel off and rod from the drivers side, you can then turn the steering to get as much clearance as possible.

It does sound like the shaft is stuck in the hub, it it is retained in the bearing with a washer and circlip, once these are off it should push out easily..

Yakuza is right, trying to get the shaft back in with it stuck in the hub will be next to impossible.

Shout out to you Drrobin and Yakuza you legends.

Wiggled the half shaft back in and manhandled the hub back over it, quickly smushed the kingpins back in.

Then tried my new ball winder tool, could not get it to fit over the steering arm one, trusty old wedge and elbow grease got it out. Jacked under the tie rod rod one with a block of wood and used my new breaker bar, undone like a dream and a tap of the old wedge got that one undone. Hub off to come home to the proper garage to drill or sheared ABS bolt and driveshaft out. Now to cleanup and fit new bearings before going to the pub to relax.

My back is demolished from this week, no idea how mechanics manage!