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As Rob Said. Put some weight on the wishbone/hub. You're basically fighting the ARB.
Get one bolt through and then push/pull the hub to line the second one up.
I'm doing this one properly. The shakedown has come good today- I'm basically seeing exactly what's likely to fail/testing everything over the last couple of weeks. An aux belt failure is nothing tbh!
So yeah. :(
Called the recovery truck and dragged it home.
The culprit:
One of the aux belts jumped off, so I refitted it, but it'd rubbed on a pulley and was less than half it's original width, so didn't last too long. Meant no water pump or alternator.
Luckily, a replacement belt is...
It's possible, but utterly pointless. Trust us- we've all been there. All wasted money we wish we hadn't on cars.
Put the money away until you can insure something nicer. £5k will buy you a Z4 3.0 and insurance in a couple of years!