front diff removal

Has anyone ever removed the front rear end on an 800 while the drive shaft was still attached.
I would love to get my hands around the neck of the engineer that thought using a roll pin in the front yoke off a rzr was a good idea.I have even went as far a laying machine on its side where I could pound the daylights out of it with a bigger hammer and still no luck.

If possible I’m going to remove the whole assembly and take it to shop and drill the roll pin out.

Any suggestions.