ball joints help

I'm very impressed with all the input! Thanks everyone!!! I happened to have the socket laying around in my father in laws tool set! Passenger side upper came off like cake with it, the driver side... Not so much. Long story short, we took the upper arm out, welded a nut to the top of the ball joint and screwed it out. Everything else was SUPER simple! Now I just have to get my alignment cause my car is pulling BAD to the point that my driver side tire is chirping on slick road surfaces at any speed!!! (guessing the toe is jacked up)