[petek]

JLW,

I unbolted the caliper (two bolts if memory serves) and hung the calipers to the upper A-arm with a length of wire. I also backed the nut off of the strut rod to free the strut rod up so the lower arm would drop down far enough.

With the brake caliper out of the way my nifty tool should work OK for you ... just make sure you get the thing wedged between the upper and lower ball joints ... and leave the nut on the lower ball joint (back the nut off all the way to the top of the threads).

Best of luck ... been there!