My "trick" was to replace the lower control arm at the same time replacing the bearings. Once you take out the control arm bushing bolts( the front bolts needs to be loosed then cut out with sawzall ) and the half shaft pressed out( with a hub puller tools kit ) of the knuckle, the knuckle and the arm can be easily pulled out together and then separated off of car.
You can see my posting under the 'suspension' forum talking about the wheel bearing replacement. It worked for me and hopefully for others as well.
With new arms there was more flexibility to deflect the arm downward so install was not as PITA. I used 2 x 2 lumber about 3ft long to leverage the arm down.
