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There is a cheap & easy way to get them out. Most purists would probably cringe, but a lot of mechanical shops do it this way. Works for any tapered seat ball joints or tie rod ends.
Do it on the car..back the nut off 4 or 5 turns, place a long bar between the lower control arm and the steering knuckle (or whatever you can get leverage on) and exert a steady force, pulling the arm (with the ball joint) away from the steering knuckle...while holding this pressure, strike the side of the lower control arm squarely opposite where the stud enters, with a decent size hammer.
What happens is the tapered hole (seat) momentarily distorts and releases the stud.
Works every time...just make sure you hit it flat and square on..once is usually all it takes if the pressure you exert is sufficient.
Bit of usless info..
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