Also had to address the front near side swivel housing as the wheel had started to lean out at the bottom even though everything felt ok to drive.
The left hand bearing in the photo above was what was left of the upper swivel housing bearing! The rollers and other debris was found within the housing. No wonder the wheel looked wonky!
Then had to clean everything up and address a few burrs but amazingly there was no substantial harm done.
Cruiserworld kindly expedited the terrain tamer swivel housing kit for me.
At this stage it was almost time to start getting everything back together. Thank goodness I had a spare 47 old towels handy!
Not long after the above I had to get the big fishing brolly out as a sunshade.
Getting there now. The cv joint needed lots of manipulating prior to refitting as it was a bit notchy with dirt etc in there. So soaked it in gear oil and kept working it. Blew it all out with compressed air and it felt quite good. Once fully packed with moly grease it felt perfect.
Amazingly everything went to plan and torqued down to spec.
Just about to bleed the brake for the 3rd and last time. It was being awkward.
Not ideal doing it at ground level in the drive way but 2 days of methodical dirty and hot work were nothing compared to the satisfaction of doing if right. I will just need to do the other side now.