I'm faced with the same situation. I want to to it, but I don't want to have to pull the entire front end apart (I don't have pullers for the ball joints, etc).
When you said that you just have to pull the lower control arm off the frame and spin it around, what are you bracing the hub with to drive out the bearing from the back?
I'll probably do it in a day or so, if anyone wants me to document the fun, cuts, bruises etc, I'll take one for the team