Lower Ball Joint/Steering Arm Removal Advice Needed

wjajr said

I have found cutting out the rubber grease boot before having at it with the pickle fork works a lot easier. When the fork is in contact with rubber boot, a lot of the energy delivered by a BFH is absorbed, and when it is steel on steel that ball joint gives up fast.

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Agree. I always discard the rubber boot anyway. Indeed, I don't even use the cheap rubber boots that come with new ball joints. I only use polyurethane since inexpensive, and I go get red so everybody knows I splurged. You can get on ebay or speed shops. The 9.### numbers are Mopar, but dust boots are pretty generic.