Failed: dana 35 axle shaft replacement.

The Dana 35 is truly, well, the Dana 35 of axles. It sucks, completely and utterly.

We fought to remove an axle shaft for an hour this afternoon, but the pin that holds the carrier assembly together would not be removed. It is about 20 years old, but removal should at least be possible. Since the carrier holds the axles in, and the axles hold the carrier in, there's no way to remove anything.

The axle as a whole is pretty much a wash at this point. With a bent axle shaft i'll just be tossing it in the garbage.

Image from: http://www.800-923-jeep.com/techCorner/axle_id.cfm