You can also back out all 3 ball joint bolts bit by bit all the same time with flat wrench. Whole assembly rises up, giving room to get the bolts out of the axle and you can get it out in one piece. Not a lot of room to do it, but mine has very little rust, so I only wanted to change the joint, not the whole thing, so got lucky with the bolts not being rusted on solid. On the sidenote... PU bushings all around the suspension made a lot of difference in handling departement, have a lot less side-to-side sway that was there even with new stock bushings. Especially lower arm ovals, stock ones are really too flexible for highway.

Ya you don't need to remove that ball joint if your gonna replace the unit ... however if your gonna use the same A arm and replace the bushings and ball joint the easiest way to separate that ball joint is to loosen the top nut about 5 turns then drive around the block and hit a couple bumps and it will separate, you will hear it..... relax its not dangerous lol...... also if your wj has more than a 4 inch lift like mine then you will need to order the 2 inch spacer for the A arm otherwise it will wear out fast 🤘🍺

What lift do you have?? I'm getting ready to buy a lift and the long arm kits I am seeing come with all new everything and even a "stealth bomber" looking thing to go in the rear to replace that control arm. Your keep looks great!

How many inches tall is it and what wheel size and tire height do I like?