Let me start out by saying I love the vids. Great home mechanic approach to working on a car. Agree with others about giving people confidence to do this on their own.
I'll be honest and say I haven't read everyone's responses, so I apologize if this was already stated:
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Originally Posted by obscene
Enter my good friend, the angle grinder, again. I made two cuts in the ball joint nuts - enough that I could then drive a screwdriver through. Once I relieved the pressure, the nuts finally broke free and the ball joints slipped out.
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I found that if you leave the a-arm on the car and use a jack to force your tool to stay in place with the weight of the car, you can much more easily break the nut. Then just do the same thing for tightening the nut, after replacing the ball joint.
EDIT: Oops, I just saw your video where you used the weight of the car install method. That was the only way I was able to get the ball joint out (w/o cutting) and achieve the torque required when putting it back in.