Changed it tonight.
5 seconds with air hammer and it was off.
You make it sound easy. Did you put a heavy hammer behind the taper?
No mate. No hammers used. The nut that secures it to the chassis came off easy. And then it literally slid off. The nut on the ball joint end was tight but then once off I got a stubby bit for my air hammer. Five seconds of dugga duggaring and it was off.
If I was to do it without the luxury of the air hammer I’d have got a drift and smashed seven bells out of it*. Access was a bit tight (hence the drift) but I didn’t bother jacking it up removing wheels etc. so that would help.
One thing to note as with most ball joints on fitting the new one I had to jack up the bottom of it otherwise it would have just spun as I tightened the nut. Other than that it was straight forward 👍
*when I say id have smashed seven bells. I actually mean id have got young un to hold the drift while I swung at it. Do this if you’re limited in hands. If not hold it yourself 👍