The idea is to pry the LCA towards the back of the car, thereby pushing the t bar out of its socket on the trans X member. So long as the strut rod nut is removed from the front of the K frame and the nut on the LCA pin is removed, and the t bar adjuster is backed all the way off, you should have enough slack to manage it w/o removing the lower bj from the lca. You might need to remove it from the spindle though. Try it 1st and see w/o doing anything to the lower BJ. I use a ball joint fork between the K frame and the LCA, works every time, no T bar tool needed. Ball joint fork works great too to pry a steering shaft coupler off a steering box input shaft spline. NOW IS THE TIME to replace the strut rod bushings and LCA bushings if they need it.