If there's room,I like to use a two jaw puller on the tie rod ends and idler/pitman arms as it does'nt tear the boot and less chance of inadvertently hitting something you did'nt want to when swinging a big hammer around.
If you tighten the bolt on the puller real tight and it does'nt move,just give the link a tap where the puller is with a regular sized hammer and it should pop.