240Z: Bearings done, more rack & Pinion, rear axles removed

Today i started with something simple:
1) Disassembled the part that is called “Link mount brace” in the service manual:
Before:

After:

2) A few days ago i bought this Bearing removal kit (Trennmesser-satz in german) on a local online auction platform for about 100$ so i had to try it 🙂 (Oh and also bought some cleaning pads i will use soon..)

Set up:

Installed:

And… tadaaaa: Both rear outer wheel bearings removed – Great tool!!

3) Now decided to remove the front inner wheel bearings.. Before:

removed the rubber seal (simplest way is to cut it appart with a wire-cutting-plier)

take out the bearing then:

i left the bearing races in there for now, will do that later… and how it looks after when that ton of grease is removed:

4) removed both rear axles (whas quite a bit of a task because those nuts where REALLY stuck)

5) continued with the rack and pinion assambly. loosened the lock-nut and removed the ball joints (not sure if these spot-welds are factory made – anyone knows this??)

figured out the steering rack base was broken at where the rubber bushings are mounted:

And that’s  how i ended up today:

Now i don’t want to take too much more apart otherwise i loose the overwiew over all those parts. so i made a big order at MSA a few days ago and also still waitingi for some parts from japan. still have to decide about the suspension setup but i’ll try to refurbish and assemble all the parts im sure they will be used again as soon as possible. so i can store the parts ready for install when needed – still need to collect a few parts. 🙂