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Holy C#r!$+!  All I've ever used is a ball joint pickle fork and it never took more than a couple of solid hits to pop the BJ away from the trailing arm, all while in the car.  Most of the time I support the BJ stud with a jack and block, then give the trailing arm a whack with a mallet and they pop apart.  I have seen people use a two-arm bearing remover to press against the BJ stud to pop it out, but that was just using a 3/8" ratchet on the bearing puller and it popped right out.  Yours must have some sort of "Super Glue" on them.   

Can you find a cheap MAPP torch locally at HD or Lowes?  That'll give you MUCH more heat than a propane torch and should pop them loose, especially with a 12-ton press.  I have one of those HF 12 ton presses and they can really do the job so something is amiss with the BJs in the first place.  Heat the piss out of them with MAPP and they should press out with the HF press.

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