Great walk-through. The pictures are great. From looking elsewhere online it seems like many Mini's including mine have strut pinch bolts that are rusted in-place. Many people snap off the heads when they try to remove this bolt. If this happens, my guidance would be to just bite the bullet and drill it out all the way to the threads and install a new nut and bolt that goes through the whole pinch section to hold the strut to the knuckle. This is how the newer Mini's are designed anyway. Don't waste your time trying to save the bolt/threads. Trust me it's not worth it.

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