That is awfully optimistic. I would get a press and do it right. I used the autozone rental.

There should be a pad at the top of the sprint not the bottom. If you take the springs out (ONLY USE A KLANN OR KLANN CLONE TO REMOVE THE FRONT SPRINGS) I would do the LCA bearing and strutrod->LCA bushings. Maybe also the strutrod mounts as well.

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According to the MB service manual, knocking the lower ball joint out with a hammer is doing it right.