Originally Posted by
Joe Mc
Going on memory here. Had the same thing happen with ours. Rented the slide hammer and it didn't fit between case and CV. Ended up welding 2 large nuts to the CV, then welded a piece of flat stock with a hole to the nuts, threaded the slide hammer into another nut behind flat stock and after about 5 firm slides it came off. Lucky I have a little mig welder that works decently.
Learning to weld is on my short list of things to learn...and it would be ideal in this instance. I much prefer your method to whacking with a cold chisel...
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