John, welcome to the site from Michigan!
You have already gotten some good feedback on your steering question but you should go to the steering and suspension forum and start a posting there for more help and responses.
There is a small tang on the clip holding it in place. Take a small flat and narrow screw driver and put it in the small end to release it and pull the clip out the other end. It might take a couple of tries to get it out.
Welcome to the site from Michigan!
Glad you guys joined up but it looks like there are two Welcome Wagons going on here.
@dodgedream started the thread so @Sublime383 should start your own thread.
The factory struts do not attach to the radiator support and there is no "swivel type rod". They attach directly to the lower control arm and the k-frame.