What is a pain about it?
Once the tire is removed, remove the brake caliper (two bolts on the inside of the caliper) and remove the rotor.
Then, simply undo the tie-rod ends, and remove the pinch bolt from the ball joint. (use a long bar to get leverage on the control arm and press downwards until the balljoint pops out. remove the bolt that holds the knuckle to the strut and slide it off/down..
I removed both sides in under an hour.. that is including tires/calipers, everything.. Getting the control arm low enough to pop out the ball joint was the hardest thing, I will say that much. but unless they are rusted together (or some other equally unanticipated problem) then you shouldn't have much trouble..
Ray
