^^^THIS
Did mine last night. The pinch joint bolt sheared off. Furthermore, I couldn't free the top of the ball joint from the pinch joint. So, I undid the castle nut on the bottom of the ball joint and smacked the control arm several times to break the taper.
Once all that was done, the axle removal, clean-up, and insertion only took 15 minutes. I did have to wrestle the axle into a straight line and tap with a rubber mallet to seat the axle snap ring into the differential.
It took an hour or two to drill out the rest of the sheared bolt. I replaced it with a bolt with two washers and a nut with a nylon locking ring. I doubt I needed to as the upper ball joint piece is rusted into the knuckle.
What should have been a 30 minute job took three hours!!!
your mileage may vary...
-Mike
