Sounds like fun. For the shift linkage pin, get a bolt, basically the same size as the stablizer's bolt (don't use that one!) and clamp it in a pair of vice grips. You can usually hold the vicegrips and hammer away without hurting your hands and still get a good swing under the car (bolts aren't that long). Don't use the stabilizer's bolt, you'll ruin the threads (trust me).

If you haven't pulled the axle's yet, I got a good trick for the ball joints too. Remove the cotter pin and loosen the castle nut, but don't remove it. Take a jack and lift the bottom of the rotor and inch or so (put pressure on that joint). Now take a big hammer and pound the side of LCA where the ball joint goes through. The vibration and pressure will pop them every time and if your careful and only hit the LCA and not the boot, you won't damage them either.