You are not going to like to hear this but You most drop the driverside half shaft to remove this bad boy. My boy works at a dealer ship and he told me that too. The real fun is going to get the ball joint to separate from the lower control arm. a puller will work good for this. As long as you are in there you should probadly replace all of the bushing as long as you are down there. just looking at the condition of the bushing will probadly make you sick. Have fun! It took me and a buddy abot an hour and a half to take apart and same to put back. Don't forget to get an alignment then. shit is definately going to be alkinds of out of wack.