axle yoke

can I take off the yoke on the rear axle w/o messing w/ the gears?

i sheared the bolts on the sade clips, and need to drill them out, but can't do it under the jeep. If I remove the nut will I mess anything up, the big nut that is that hols the yoke to the axle

You can take the yoke off after removing the nut. Not sure if it matters, but usually you mark both parts in any drivshaft line disassembly, so you can get them back together the same way. You need to put back on at 210 ft/lbs of torque. FSM shows using a puller and reinstalling tool. And concave washer has to go back on the same way.

thanks for the help

axle in question is a D35.. still possible to do what winterbeater suggested?

I did it on a Suburban many years ago, but hopefully someone will verify on a D35. With the pullers they suggest and the torque, there could be a bearing issue, but I would do it anyway. Have you looked at what they do for the slip yokes. It looks a lot more extreme than this.