Good afternoon: I have spent the better part of the day today trying to remove my rear axles on 82 300cd. I followed along with dmorrison's diy article, which has been great. Both sides came out of the wheel hubs without too much trouble. The passenger side was a little tight coming out of the differential, but I was able to work it out eventually. However, I cannot get the drivers' side out of the differential. I have spent several hours this afternoon on it, and barely have it moved laterally enough that I can no longer see the groove for the C-clip. I raised and lowered the differential with my bottle jack, I have snatched on it from the driver's side, and I have tapped on the differential end with a punch via the passenger-side opening in the differential. I have given up for the day, and will search through old threads tonight to see if I can find any relevant ones. If anybody has any ideas, I sure need some help. Thank you.

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1982 300cd, 140k miles