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Originally Posted by KJ_Ghukasian
The car was resting on two jackstands, one near the jacking point and the other one underneath the LCA as close to the bushing as possible. Hence I am surprised this happened. Should have compressed the spring regardless I guess.
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Are you saying there is a jackstand under the rubber jack point below the rear of the the front fender AND the control arm on each side for a total of four jackstands? If so no wonder you're having the problem.
You need the full front weight of the car on the jackstands under the control arms. Jack the front end from the center cross member and place a jackstand under each control are as far outboard as possible, then lower the front down on the stands. Now the full front weight is on the jackstands and you can separate the ball joints or remove the strut.
I've done this a couple to times, once to replace a strut early on and again to replace the strut dust boots. years later.
Duke