Help! How the heck do I remove the pinion gear. I have my whole rear end taken apart and inspected bearings etc because my first problem was no brakes, and loud clunking noise from rear and a lot of gear oil on the brake side of differential. Put it all back together and still have hard clunking noise. Someone told me to check the pinion gear #6 from illustration (if u know what I’m talking about) so do I open up differential again or do I need to start towards the pivot arm which of course has that wonderful lock nut and hex head but still not sure where to go from. I can tell you that big plate gear (don’t know name) that’s in differential that meets up to the pinion gear does have some worn teethers 🙂 any help or input great appreciated

Help! How the heck do I remove the pinion gear. I have my whole rear end taken apart and inspected bearings etc because my first problem was no brakes, and loud clunking noise from rear and a lot of gear oil on the brake side of differential. Put it all back together and still have hard clunking noise. Someone told me to check the pinion gear #6 from illustration (if u know what I’m talking about) so do I open up differential again or do I need to start towards the pivot arm which of course has that wonderful lock nut and hex head but still not sure where to go from. I can tell you that big plate gear (don’t know name) that’s in differential that meets up to the pinion gear does have some worn teethers 🙂 any help or input great appreciated