Rob,
I had the recall done to my '95 and I was supposed to get the new metal ends instead of the plastic ones but the tech got lazy and didn't replace them. One of them finally broke and left me walking. I bought a new rod that now comes complete with the metal ends and had it installed, then talking to the tech that put it on, found out that they should have been replaced. He said he had several in his toolbox that he hadn't used and he would have given me one. The dealer that did the recall eventually, reluctantly, reimbursed me for the parts and labor.
Talk to a dealer tech and see if someone has a rod that they have replaced before you buy one. The complete rod was somewhere around $40 if I remember correctly.
Scott