E46 330D front wishbone removal

[Zhead]

How on earth do you remove the OSF inner ball joint nut? There is no room above the nut to get a socket and knuckle on it. I think it is the turbo actuator or something in the way and it looks a bit delicate. The NSF was easy, between heavy showers. I think I need an offset socket, is there such a beast? thanks in advance

[buffly]

What i do to remove the nut is, remove the wheel and put an axle stand underneath the bottom arm, so there is weight on the ball joint. Then you can undo the nut with a spanner. Once the nut is off, you will have to use a ball joint splitter. Hope this helps!

[Zhead]

Thank you, there is so little room to get leverage on a spanner at arms length I was hoping to use a socket with a long extension, as I did on the NS, but skinned knuckles look like the only option, Z