I am stuck and very frustrated! The lower ball joint on my 87 4Runner is stuck, not in the control arm but in the spindle. I got it loose from the control arm with the pickle fork and now it won't seperate from the spindle.

Any tips?

I have tried inserting the pickle fork in the little slot between em, using a bottle jack to seperate the a-arms, etc.

Has anyone else had this problem, can anyone give me advise?

thanks,
AK