RapidRobert eluded to something big I discovered. If you put your car up on stands and your front suspension is hanging, the bars will actually torque the opposite way and load up enough to bind. By putting just the right amount of lift under the LCA, you get the bar unloaded to neutral and it comes out WAY easier.

I was on here asking for the same advice a couple months ago. I tried to remove the nut on the LCA and pound it rearward... Zero luck. Pry bar at the joint... Nope. I cut a piece of 20 gauge steel about 1" by 4", wrapped it in a U shape around the bar near the rear socket, grabbed it with vice grips and whacked it with a ball peen hammer. BOINK! came right out, no galling of the bar.