Lower Ball Joint: Can I hammer?

I'm not sure if it's the same part in the 'Birds but for a Mark VIII it's better to buy a whole refurbed lower control arm complete with all new bushings and ball joint. You may want to check on that option before you put too much work into it....
 
Well Can I hammer it out?

It disassembled itself so the ball it no longer attached... I was hoping I could hammer out the pod in the middle... And am I renting a hand press?
 
It doesn't really how you get it OUT so long as you do NOT damage the arm. I removed bushings with hammer, chisel, screwdriver, etc. Also, make sure that you clean up the area where the ball joint will mount in. I haven't done my ball joints yet, but did do poly bushings in the front. Use a file to clean that surface up. You don't want to press a new ball joint into a place that has a lot of old crap stuck in there. I'd think that it would degrade the life of the ball joint. Putting a new one in, definately get it pressed.
 
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