Front left lower suspension track control arm

[david2000]

hi to all
the bush on the front suspension arm needs to be changed
now i have managed to tale the 2 bolts off the bush and with some hassle got the hub ball joint free the way i did it was i had a thin chisel and knocked it into the clamp and this then opened the clamp up and the ball joint just fell out but i am having trouble with the tapered ball joint i have hit it and hit it and it still wont come loose now my best mate did the drivers side for me a couple of years ago but sadly he is no longer with us what he did was he had a scissors jack and a trolly jack placed the trolly jack under neath the ball joint with the scissors jack on top then jacked up until the scissors jack went over the thread of the ball joint but the scissors jack must be at the same angle as the ball joint this the applied pressure forcing the ball joint upwards then hit the subframe with a heavy hammer a couple of blows and it came loose i am going to try this tomorrow but does any one else have any suggestions
david