Tell him to eat a dick and piss up a rope.... I have been debating this for the last 4 hours... honestly, tonight I was looking at mine b/c the boot was wore off on both front ball joints, and so I took the boots off, and I found it surprising that you can buy the boots separate. Anywho, In the CD Manual I have, it makes it look as if the Ball Joint does come out, and... on top of that, there is a huge snap ring underneath the ball joint boot that is around the outside edge of the ball joint. I've never seen anything like this, so I have no clue. I actually have looked through the 3/S archives and all I've come up with is that it's connected to the arm, but jesus, what the hell is this snap ring for then? I'll make this my little journey to find out if Mitsu made the ball joints replaceable or not. I'll let you know and you keep me in mind if you figure something out-