In my front axel teardown I had planed on replacing my brifeilds with new units from slee in an attempt to rid the truck of the 1/8 of driveshaft slop we figured was in the brifelilds
it not. So to do this the axel has to come out, attempted to do it according to the FSM by placing the unit in a vice and driving it out. Aparently monkey fists with the hammer hit too hard and broke the splines. Well the axel shaft is out, but now I need a new shaft or 2 as the other shaft got a similar beating. 
My question in all this is how the heck do you get the shaft out without breaking the splines? Is there a trick to it? Also where is the best place for new shafts?
Also where else could the slop I am getting be? With the front in the air I can turn one tire 8-6 inches before the opposite end tire moves. Going down the road and letting off the gas or getting back on it I get a hard solid thud.
-Sam
it not. So to do this the axel has to come out, attempted to do it according to the FSM by placing the unit in a vice and driving it out. Aparently monkey fists with the hammer hit too hard and broke the splines. Well the axel shaft is out, but now I need a new shaft or 2 as the other shaft got a similar beating. My question in all this is how the heck do you get the shaft out without breaking the splines? Is there a trick to it? Also where is the best place for new shafts?
Also where else could the slop I am getting be? With the front in the air I can turn one tire 8-6 inches before the opposite end tire moves. Going down the road and letting off the gas or getting back on it I get a hard solid thud.
-Sam
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