Success! I dug into my bag of newly-purchased pipe fittings and found that the best choices were the 1-1/2" and 2" galvanized pipe sections. I cut a length of 1-1/2" sufficient to extend from the ridge of the ball joint to above the post, approximately the same length as the 32mm socket I'd tried before, and set it over the ball joint. Too big in diameter, but not by much. I slit down its side with the cutoff saw and hammered the gap shut using the anvil and the V-block face of one of the jack stands. Still too big, so I cut another slit and repeated the exercise. There, it was just about perfect. I welded up the slot and ground the bead off down where the end needed to go through the wishbone socket. I then cut off a short section of the 2" pipe, it was about perfect as-is. I put the 2" on the bottom for the ball joint to drop into and applied the big Harbor Freight C clamp. Once I got it all aligned and a bit of pressure on it I sprayed some PB Blaster into the gap and then hit the wishbone socket with the propane torch. Once the penetrant started boiling in the gap I then applied the wrench in earnest, and the ball joint just pushed right out. And I was out of time, again.
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