It wasn't real easy. I had to **** it a bit and adjust the jaws just right. It did scrape the UCA a bit, which is why I said "forget this" for re-installation. In SoCal yours should be pretty rust-free, so should come out. Be careful not to mangle the threads in the UCA, since they aren't proper machined threads, just whatever the ball joint cut as it was installed. They got a little buggered on my Valiant so that one ball joint wasn't tight when it bottomed out. I had to tack weld it 2 places. Another reason to buy the special socket.