Problem with broken ball joint...

[rowdy]

The drivers side ball joint on my dad's 2001 Expedition is giving us alot of trouble. We have tried WD-40, we have tried heating it up, we have beat the hell out of it. It will not move a bit. It must be something obvious here that we are not doing right. Can someone give us some tips as to what we are doing wrong? How is this thing supposed to come out?

 

[ELVATO]

This site might help http://www.ford-trucks.com/article/idx/0/282/article/How_To_Replace_19972003_F150_Ball_Joints.html

 

[rowdy]

Well it seems as if all the heating and beating on the top of it has mushroomed the top of that thing so now it wont go out, what's next?

 

[walnuts4x4]

grinder and remove the "mushroom" and then hammer it out

 

[KWT2000]

grind it like said above go to harbor frieght and get the ball joint service tool as it will make your life easy press it out then press the new one in