Final score:
Russ 7
Leafsprings 6
Forget about using a ball joint press unless you can cut or make shorter spacers. The opening isn't wide enough to fit with the spacers included, at least not on mine. And it wasn't one of the cheapest either. Guess they knew what they were doing when they did not list leaf spring bushing removal as one of the uses.
I did however use the spacers from the press kit to beat the living @#$% out of the bushings with a BFH. I also broke my new workbench. Not a big deal, just one 2x4. Note to self and anyone else stupid enough not to just take them and have them pressed out. Do NOT beat on them if the item you are using to support it isn't braced to do it.