Question for some of you old time mechanics?

i had this problem once and wrapped a piece of steel cable around it and applied cable clamps to make it like a noose. i had a piece of iron laying around weighing about 40lb which i attached to the other end of the cable leaving 3' of slack. i brought it up to the car and then moved it rapidly backwards snapping hard on the cable. this acted like a slide hammer and the axle end came out on the third try.

The reason it's stuck is there is a rather rugged internal expansion ring around the inner CV- joint spline. It's necessary to *pry the left joint from the left side using a short "wonder bar" or carpenters straight nail puller with a small block of hardwood against the transmission and pry sharply against the inner surface of the inner CV joint. A small tender "whack" is all it takes. It will pop right out. Look at your new half shaft. The inner spline will have a grove for the heavy snap ring. I'm surprised the inner joint doesn't have a new ring for you. Buy a new one from your local car dealer as you're not supposed to re-use them.

Don't even consider pulling the other side out or you'll ruin the right side half-shaft too. I know and can just see what you've done. Never pull on the end of a half shaft or the bearings will spill out down inside the boots.

It's impossible to drive from one-side to the other anyway because the spider gears are in the center of the differential case. You'll kill your transmission if you even think about it!

For gosh sakes! Don't pay a bit of attention to the people above who've told you it's OK to drive the joint from the opposite side! I can't freaking believe people would give you such a destructive answer. I guess it's easy to see who's done this job before!

As gravity b but use a wooden pad to avoid damaging the transmission case. Also rotate the shaft from time to time as this may assist in the extraction. It has to come out eventually but may need some muscle.

A long screw driver or similar prying device will pop it out. You'd have to use an anti-tank sabot moving at a speed of Mach-7 to drive it out from the opposite side of the tranny.

Good Luck!!

did you remove the roll pin that holds the halfshaft in the tranny?If so you just need to use some elbow greese to pull it loose,you cant knock it out from the other side,try tapping on the remaining peice with a hammer while you try to pull it loose,sometimes the vibration helps loosen the spline.

use a prybar to lever it out against the transmission housing. taking the other shaft out will not get you access to the stuck piece.