Removing D44 axle shaft

[d10shun]

Simple question - How do I remove the axle shaft out of my new 87 cherokee D44 axle?
http://d10shun0.tripod.com/cherokee/index.album?i=8&s=1

 

[verrive]

Looks like you have the retainer plate undone so its just "stuck" in there good. If you have a slide hammer try that or I've been told using the drum, then tightening some lug nuts on lightly will work as a make shift slide hammer. I know the shafts in my D44 when I got it from a yard were a bitch to get out.

 

[d10shun]

Thanks. I flipped the drum around and put on some lug nuts and it came right out. I think I might have seen that in the JP mag.