Problems removing rear axle assembly.

[RichC]

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Hello All

The driver side, rear, inner CV joint went on my 81 300D

I pulled an axle assembly from a junkyard car.

Man was it hard.

The differential cover came right off.
I got the c clip thing removed from the axle.
And the bolt removed from the wheel side of the assembly.
I even removed the nut that holds the shock on the top.

But I could not get enough room to easily slide out either end of the axle assembly.

I finally had to beat the heck out of the hub to get the rear suspension to
go down far enough to let the axle slide out of the hub and differential.

What the heck did I do wrong ???

I hope putting this sucker back in my car is not as hard !!

Help !

Thank you
Have Fun
RichC