That's for taking the knuckle off the ball-joint not the tie-rod end. I never use any seperator for the tie-rod end, but I used it everytime except the first time for the ball-joint. Maybe the 98+ is easier, but for the horizontal bushing type control arm on the earlier cars, it's harder to take the knuckle off.
Originally posted by sagittarius:
Airknight Also get yourself a ball-joint seperator to put the ball-joint back on
