worked a treat....
put a jack under the slacked off ball joint nut,
lifted it up until the van moved off the stands,
left it for an hour ,
then gave it 4-5 heavy taps and pop out it came...simples
[you can just see the hammer mark below the shaft]
and heres the damaged boot.....available from gsf for £5, i bet if it was for a modern car it would be a new ball joint..
great old school mechanics for ya...
hard to belive the speedo cable is on the front wheel too, ya can see the cable coming in from the back and there is a likkle pin on the end of the white grease cover on the hub...