As above really, grab a piece of tin to act as a heatshield, make sure your handbrake cables are out of harms way, heat the arm until the plastic starts to ooze out of the arm, big nut and bolt through the end of the bush so you have something to hit. Couple of whacks with a lump hammer and it’s out. To refit use a small flap wheel on a drill to thoroughly clean all the corrosion etc out of the arm, silicone or similar plastic/rubber friendly grease inside the arms and on the bush after filing a slight chamfer on the plastic housing of the bush. Line it up, couple of blows with a mallet until you can get the splined bolt back in.
Genuinely not as difficult as some may have you believe, 100% possible on your drive without the special tool. Getting the splined bolt out can be hit and miss, the nearside flew out on mine with maybe three hammer blows, offside took about 30mins of heating, smacking, wd40, chisels, jacking up on it, all sorts…
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