The alternative way to change a top wishbone Alfa Romeo 147 156 or GT 

So many thanks to you for this video. saved me 135€(cheapest prise in of 4 offers to that job.) It took 1,5 hour to do by my self whit that tutorial. 👍😀

Thank you! I changed successfully my wishbones today.

Just changed mine on my 147, it was so much easier using your method. Thank you.

Track rod ends? Drop links you mean Nice video, Neil

Thanks Niel. I'll try this method out soon! 🤞🏼 Do you happen to know the size of your ball joins splitter width? I have 24mm offered at the store. Will that work?

hi, what’s the reference of your shock key pls

Thanks for the video , just did this as I was replacing the spring , unfortunately the alu mounting was corroded to the strut, not only that some geezer had included the upper arm housing to secure the strut and spring top! Hope the other side is better .

Brilliant video neil 👍my favourite alfa youtuber Brilliant

I guess the labour costs for this job is 8 min 11 sec 👍🙈👌

Nice one Neil, top job and easy when you know how 😀

Anybody know what a 18inch turbine style alloy for TI with tyre weighs? Ive just had to carry 4 of them up 5 flights of stairs to swap them for my winter tyres. Thought i was going have a f**king heart attack. Just wondered if im really unfit or they are heavy they seemed at least 25kg to me??

Always found getting the bolt out a pain too as it hits the spring. I’ve had success using a spring compressor at the base which creates room for the bolt to sneak by.

Man I wish my friend and I had these swivel end when we was replacing wishbone on my 156. Man what a SM sex was!

Bana bı iyilik yapta 156 2.0 1998model gaz kelebeği yolla

Good way to remove the upper wishbone, but with high risk damaging the fender or at least the fender coating, causing corrosion. I did it similar already several times, but pushed down the strut a little bit against the rubber of the lower wishbone and removed the complete upper fixing, together with, the wishbone. In this case you easily can do the following work using a vice. Unfortunately the upper wishbones on 147, 156, etc. are still troublemakers, especially with noises at colder temperatures. I tried already several brands, but all of them have the same issue after a certain time. Independent using, Monroe, Lemförder, or others. The last one I tried are from Alfisti Shop, internally greased. But these one made trouble with knocking noises after less then one year.

Anyone who thinks this is an awkward job has never tried to change a spark plug on a Ferrari Mesqualino.

Thanks for sharing.

It's enough to remove the ball joint and the bolt holding the wishbone, after removing the liner. Changed both on the parking lot on my 156.

Unfortunately, it's not that easy for me. The lower arm does not go down like in the video. I have to pull the damper spring or I won't get the horseshoe bolt in there.

Just wondering if you have removed the rear engine mount below the gear shift?

Another easy way save stripping everything down is to remove the wheel arch liner and bolt can be easily removed

Very nice, thanks a lot!!!!

Hi Neil, love your channel! Would you happen to have video on replacing piston rings on a twin spark? I’m also looking to change my valve stem seals and would gladly watch that as well. Many thanks for your videos thus far and I am looking forward to seeing more. Cheers, Stephen

Good! Works the same on 159s?

I find these easier to do by taking off the top aluminium housing,(which just lifts off the studs,once you have picked out the o ring)with the arm attached,then it’s easy to just undo the bolt on the bench.

How can the excess camber on front of 166 be sorted?

You don't have to tighten the upper wishbone bolt loaded, it is designed to rotate, so it doesn't matter. Nice trick tho, saves some time compared to intended way, I'll try it when I have to inevitably replace these stupid wishbones again.

doesnt the uwb bolt hit suspension when its turned other way?

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Less than 15 minutes , must of done loads of these