Ok, before some of you curmudgeons jump on my back, yes, I've read Robert's tech write up here:

http://www.peachparts.com/Wikka/W124BallJoint. As well as about 6 or 7 different ball joint threads. That said, here's my problem: I've ground down the ball joint removal sleeve like the writeup above recommended, but even with the c-frame stabilized and me wrenching the ball joint down with a socket wrench and a breaker/cheater bar, I am still unable to pop the ball joint off. here's what it looked like when I attempted to push the bj out w/ an unmodified sleeve:



As you can see as denoted in the red line, the angle that the control arm sits in the sleeve is not 90 degrees but probably around 60 degrees or such. The angle in green represents nearly a 90 degree angle. Also, if you look carefully under the CA, you will see I drew a green box. I cut that piece out so that the CA sits more at a 90 degree angle. While I got the CA to sit better in the sleeve, it did not help much. So here are my questions:

1) does the tip of the ball joint need to be lined up with and pressed out 90degs? this would mean id have to shave that receiver part even more

2) How hard do these thigns pop out? I mean, are you exerting alot of pressure?

Thanks,
Bob