Lower ball joint to Hub - Help!

[ceetdm]

I'm in the process of replacing my front shock absorbers and springs due to snapped N/S spring. So far I've managed to remove all of the pinch bolts and droplink nuts. I've also managed to release the lower ball joint from one Hub, to do this I basically used a drift and a lump hammer and bashed it out - took me ages.
I'm now doing the other side (O/S) and have the lower ball joint pin that goes into the hub drifted out to the stage that the groove around the pin (that the bolt locates with) is showing below the hub, but can't get it fully out - I can't help thinking that there must be a technique that I should be using which will get the pin out much quicker than it's taking me.
Can anyone help me with the correct technique to remove the lower ball joint from the hub.

Tommy :-)