tritto...and with further elucidation...believe what Bill and Winfred are referring to Jeff is all you need to do to swap out your upper and lower control arm bushings is:
- Jack up the front end
- Remove the wheel
- knock or press out one end of the outer tie rod...either at the knuckle or center/
drag link.
- Remove (3) knuckle/steering arm plate retaining bolts
- Disconnect upper and lower control arms from X-mbrs
You now have the upper and lower control arm attached to steering knuck plate in your hands without removing the strut, or brake caliper/carrier.

A question for you Bill please...you mentioned a pickle fork and BFHammer is effective for breaking the upper and lower arm ball joints free of the steering knuckle
plate by mounting the plate in a vice. My question is what is your practice for this?
Do you squeeze the vice onto the plate itself, thereby risk marring the mating surface to the knuckle and beat away....or do you put the steering arm into the vice and beat on it since the arms are generally replaced and what are a few jaw marks on old arms among friends?
Appreciate your lessons learned for best way to break the ball joints loose from the steering plate(s)
Thanks,
George