rebuilding my dana 35

[cherokeedriver420]

how do you get the pinion gear out. i have pounded and everything else i can think of:hang:

[CanMan]

Remove the carrier and axles. Remove DS. Remove pinion nut and washer. Remove yoke. Take a block of wood, rest up against the end of the pinion, hit with a BFH, hard, and it will pop out through where the carrier sat. Not too hard. HTH.

[cherokeedriver420]

i pounded on it with a twelve pound sledge four an hour all it did was mushroom the pinion shaft yes it still spins

[twisted_ed]

You have removed everything so that just the pinion remains. What seems to me you need to hit that sucker harder

[carnuck]

Did you take the nut off?

[cherokeedriver420]

only thing left is the pinion shaft and bearing:firedevil

[twisted_ed]

Well All I can think of is the outer bearing that more or less slips on is now jammed onto the pinion.

[carnuck]

Sounds like the bearing welded itself onto the pinion. You need a torch to heat up the bearing, then it will come off pretty easy with a sledge. (you may have to cut the mushroomed part of the pinion gear off) A chisel against the inner part of the bearing next to the pinion gear may help too.