Lower Ball Joint/Steering Arm Removal Advice Needed

The lower ball joint to LCA is tough. What has worked for me is remove castle nut (if not re-using ball joint), spray WD-40 on the stud, pickle fork in joint sideways so it doesn't bottom out on LCA. Hit it in and hit down to pry it, hit top of stud, repeat 20+ times. I vaguely recall getting a Pitman arm puller on there once, which works better. Search for the "two hammer method" I saw on a Mustang site. Supposedly all the shop guys knew that and could get the joints apart with a couple wacks from both sides on the part surrounding a ball joint stud. I tried that last time and didn't work for me, but sounds intriguing. Things pop apart easy on the TV shows, but I am guessing they stage those.

BTW, you are in CA so you have no problems. From your photos, you don't even know what rust is. They guys in the frozen, salty north must be drooling. Paint all the parts so it stays that way. I even paint my ball joints and tie rod ends, cause I like "purty". I second installing a dual master cylinder and prop valve. I bought the later a few weeks ago for $28 from Jegs on ebay.