Removing an upper ball joint

about two hours and a pipe wrench got mine off. but i had some busted up knuckles from the wrench slipping. i ordered the tool set from just suspension. told them my car was a 75 so it needed the big socket. so what did they send me? the small one. but we got er done. i had a shop put the new ones in and the guy said he usually puts a tac weld on them but he didnt do mine since they were so tight when they went in.