[Grip]

The way to pop the ball joints loose without using a pickle fork is simple. Take the cotter pin out, loosen the nut ( but do NOT remove it). Put a floor jack under the spring bucket on the lower a-arm but do not put pressure on the lower a-arm. The jack is there as a safety. The coil spring will help the ball joints to separate. Now, take a BFH ( Big F-ing Hammer ) and hit the spindle where the upper ballpoint pin goes through the spindle. Continue to strike it until the taper separates. Repeat the procedure on the tie rod end and the lower ball joint. Once you have all three joints separated, jack up the floor jack until you can take the nuts off by hand. Pt the new spindle in place and tighten the nuts.
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