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You won't have any trouble, nor any stray parts.
Just jack it up and remove the bracket in the back of the control arm.
You don't even need to take apart the ball joint to do the control arm bushings- the bushing is pressed into the bracket.
Remove 3 bolts (14mm heads), remove the front control arm nut and bolt (19mm) and then pull it down to get the 1 big nut off the back end of the control arm stud. The bracket and bushing *SHOULD* pull right off the control arm- but sometimes they are stuck and require beating, pickle forks, perhaps some coercion involving your trusty BFH. (That's a Big Fat Hammer,eh!)
Note the control arm bushing is a different P/N side to side, supposedly driver's side is stiffer. Old ones can be collapsed from the side with a chisel, then pushed out of the bracket; a new one is driven into the bracket with your hammer, and a steady progression of blows around the lip of it so it drives in straight.
For doing the front bushings, you'd need to have it pressed at a machine shop; front ones don't really wear out like the rear does.
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Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: '87 244DL/M47- 228K, 88 744GLE- 212K, 91 244 183K-SOLD! Also responsible for the care and feeding of: 88 745GLE, 231K, 88 244GL, 146K, 87 244DL, 239K, 88 245DL, 246K
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