"One is trying to get the lower ball joint mount back under the lower control arm when re-assembling"

AMEN!!!

I dorked the threads on 2 of the bolts the first time I did the job. The second time I didn't mess anything up but it still took a while. BTW - those bolts are hard to find - I ended up with 2 that have 19mm heads while all the rest are 17mm.