Stuck removing CV from Dana 35

[dustyrangers]

Got it thanks all. Any idea what is behind the race on the inside of the pinion? It looks like a shim or something in the way of the race that is flimsy and I don’t want to pound too hard if what I’m hitting can’t be replaced.

 

[Curious Hound]

Shim used to set pinion depth.

 

[dustyrangers]

Ok thought so... these things are in tight I’m going to have to find a way to get the puller behind them.

In regard to the shims, did you use the tool to measure depth and/ or is there anyway to match what was there previously? I saved all the parts in order and have lots of shims.

I think I am going to try to turn this into an end to end rebuild from pull to install because everything I can find is scattered.