How to replace look pivot brakes?

A snowHead

Ok, spyderjon help! I need to replace a brake and it is turning out to be right pain!
So far I have taken off the dildo bit from the old brake but I cannot seem to figure out how get the dildo bit onto the new brake.
How do you take off the forward pressure bits to screw in the new ones?
Thanks

A snowHead

Keep screwing the forward pressure bits till they fall off.

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Raise the dildo as per left pic.
Unscrew the two forward pressure screws each side of the dildo to remove it as per the centre pic. There aren't any springs in there to go twang so don't worry.
Your replacement base/brake assembly comes as per the right pic however the black forward pressure screws are surplus to requirements as you already have them fitted to the dildo so unscrew them & set them aside for spares.
Now screw the dildo on to the arms of the new base/brake assembly.
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Cheers spyderjon, we got it done in the end but it was a bit of a phaff - mostly because we thought we had to take the forward pressure screws out of their assembly too - since the replacement brakes came with them attached - and couldn't work out how to do that. In the end, we did exactly what you suggested here and set them aside as spares ....
though we still have no clue how we'd actually swap them out Puzzled

Thanks again for all your help spyderjon. Elston is winging his way to Hemel as I type with new brakes on new skis with new quiver killers ... to mash it all up in the park