Need help with lower control arm for AE111 s/s

[skullpeddler]

Thanks to the awesome TRD sponsor Mark i have acquired a new Lower control arm for both sides my BZ-G levin.
Trying to pull it apart to put the new one in was reasonably simple till I got to the ball joint where it connects up behind the wheel. I've bashed the shit out of it but still can't get it to budge.

Can anyone help me with this? Need a gas torch or something like that and maybe something a little smaller than my sledge hammer and a little bigger than a normal hammer
There is a box of beverages in it. Failing that anyone got any advice on how to go about it?

[Crampy]

I got mine off like a normal ball joint. PUt a pry bar in so you are levering it apart, then hit it hard with a big hammer on the side of it.
NOT ON THE THREADED PORTION!!!.

[skullpeddler]

So am i hitting on piece the bolt goes through. Or on the lower part of the bolt where it become the control arm?

[Bling]

Hit the side of the part the bolt goes through

Big hammer ftw

[skullpeddler]

Hmmm yeah been doing that. there is a nice rounded bit where i have been smacking it. Gonna try again now and get my mate to help lever... Can hammer be to big

[skullpeddler]

Okay thanks guys one side off. Hopefully now i got it one side the other won't be so hard.
I have learnt two things today.

1. The hammer is never too big, only to small
2. When bashing it doesn't work, just bash harder.

[MR2BOY23]

3. If you can't fix it with a hammer- you have an electrical problem

[Crampy]

Okay thanks guys one side off. Hopefully now i got it one side the other won't be so hard.
I have learnt two things today.

1. The hammer is never too big, only to small
2. When bashing it doesn't work, just bash harder.

1. true
2. also very true.

Good to hear you got it off, now where are my beers

[Stott69]

If all else fails, and i mean ALL, jack car up, place some blocks under it to hold it up, remove half the previous blocks and lower the car down on to a ball joint fork so the weight of the car is on the fork. Make sure that while car is on the fork that there is less than a inch of fall till the car lands on your blocks. Few light to heavy taps and ball joint should pop and car land on blocks. AT ALL TIMES keep any body parts that you dont want crushed out from under the car

[skullpeddler]

bit of a distance to post them mate... maybe I buy you around if we ever make it to the same toyspeed meet

Hahaha so basically if you have the biggest hammer and have bashed it as hard as you can get use gravity