[RogerHeinz57]

While I understand the technique of the screw through the centre of the sensor, I have yet to get any success from such process to write home about.
Fortunately I have managed to change quite a few and only had a couple require drilling etc.
My theory is : If the couple of components are removed IE: Hub nut, lower drop link joint, lower ball joint to hub carrier, track rod end, the drive shaft can easily be freed off from the hub carrier, the strut can then be rotated for tool enter inside next to the bearing where the sensor tip protrudes. Assuming the sensor has indeed failed and not required for further service it won't matter I guess how it gets removed.
Other reasons for the process advantages include, clearing all of the debris out of the bearing area, a decent clean of the tube where the replacement sensor will go, less chance of potentially damaging bearing casing and finally - when drilling a hole, then expanding the sensor diameter within the tube it is fitted to with a screw expected to grip tightly to the offending broken piece, I would estimate that the sensor body would most likely try to expand against the tube walls giving rise to further efforts required to extract parts individually rather than in one piece using the method I now use for stuck solid ones.
The efforts in undoing the components I suggest will take less time, stand less risks to other components with no faults, and considerably less patience testing !

I expect there to be arguments about my practice in this as so many accept that they always have the worst ever sensor to remove, and I know nothing about the subject at all, and that established procedures are infinitely superior to mine, but I have tried many of the different practices, and find mine to be more successful and less stressful to complete.

I hope the OP has a successful outcome !