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Originally Posted by knucklesplitter
The ball joint stem has a self-locking taper. When wedged into the matching tapered receiver it locks together like a hard press fit.
But... re. the "FSM"... perhaps you should don full pirate regalia and pray to the FSM to use His divine noodly appendages to pry apart your suspension. 
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Huh? FSM = Factory Service Manual. At least on a car message board.
As far as those forks are concerned... I'm still lost as to where they'll wedge to pop that bitch out. Unless they're like 2" thick... there's not really a lip between the LCA and the lower ball half of the joint that you can wedge apart as far as I could see. That extractor Steve linked to looks more like what I'll need.
And Matt, I did beat the shit out of the ball joint... no thread protection needed. Those ball joints are toast, and I've got a set of brand new whiteline extended length ones that are going in. If I had a plasma torch, I would have just cut the damn joints off last night. They're going in the trash.