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You were doing it right, but that ball joint (like the upper one) is pressed in there with alot more @ss than your pry bar can give it.
There's a few ways to do it;
PROPER WAY... Pickle fork. (disadvantage, tears up the boot)
ACCEPTED WAY... BFH. Leave the nut on there by a few threads, and beat the crap outa the lower controll arm. (disadvantage...what if you miss??)
BACK YARD WAY...Place a bottle jack inbetween the upper and lower control arms, (again, leaving the nut on partially) and jack it up untill it pops.
What ever you do, have that jack under the lower ball joint to catch it, and another good idea regardless of which manner you use, get a bike lovk and chain (or cable) and loop it through the spring, and to the frame. This will keep it from killing you IF it happens to try out its flight abilities.
(I prefer the jack method myself)
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