I'm rebuilding transmission and gotta get the driveshaft mount thing off but the nut is massive and I can't keep the shaft from rotating. Does anyone have any tips to get that but off. I ordered the right socket and this is gonna be my first attempt. I cant get the tail housing off without the nut off, and I can't get the top off to bind the gears without the tail housing off. Is there a better way without impact tools? And am I about to **** something up?

 

Have you checked youtube? I am sure you can find something there. Show us a picture of what you are looking at please. Auto or stick car? What is wrong with the trans?

 

4.0 5 speed stick
transnission needs maintenance and some gears and syncros. Just trying to it apart first. I posted pics but maybe they're too big?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RuB...w?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S1x...w?usp=drivesdk
try these
Not really looking for any serious help just want to know if I'm gonna break something here

 

What you're going to want is this:

https://www.harborfreight.com/4-piece-heavy-duty-pry-bar-set-1654.html

Not a sponsor, just a suggestion. Use that big 24" long one.

Get the transmission where it's NOT GOING TO MOVE. The entire housing has to stay put. Specifically, it can't spin around the same axis as the flange is. Get some wood and get it screwed down where it won't rotate. Bolt the thing into some sort of wood frame, then bolt that frame to a wall or something. A friend holding it. Whatever, figure that out. That's paramount. This doesn't work unless that thing don't spin/move.

Remove all that tie-wrap. Take the pry bar, position it to 'wedge' the flange between two of the bolts, so that you can use the pry bar to turn the flange *backwards* to the nut. It'd be best if you then rotated it 'with' the nut to where the pry bar is on the ground/stopped against something sturdy. Like the ground.

Now. You'll want this:
https://www.harborfreight.com/12-in-...rip-64821.html

Again, not a sponsor, just a suggestion. It's long enough, and it's got that nice grip. But you can unsplurge for the 20 buck one, and hope... Or you can splurge for a longer/nicer/beefier one. You do you.

That, and the appropriate sized socket... Crank away. That nut will come right off. Probably after the first two spins you can get a ratchet on it and get it done.

This is really how you have to do that anyway, probably to put it on as well. And it's really close to what they do with a pinion in this video here, for a little more info. Go to 5:40 (one of the reasons I don't like linking YouTube videos is you can't do that here, so I have to tell you where to go) to see how they deal with a spinning flange issue such as yours. It's exactly the same except in reverse to get it off. That's what you gotta do.

Hope that helps, good luck!

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Installing additional transmission cooler can make your transmission last alot alot longer.

 

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