580B How to get get the crown gear shaft out

While getting the brakes working on this new to us 580B we noticed no carrier bearing preload (some slop) while the brake housings are off so we removed the top cover under the seat to get access to the crown and bull gear compartment and took the bearings out of both sides.



We wanted to check both side shafts for side gear shim cracks and change the leaking diff lock seal on the right. We only got out the right side drive pinion hollow shaft (found the shim in pieces) and we can't figure out how to get the left side out. It looks like the shaft in the center of the crown carrier should slide out but I'm not sure how to do it. Any advice?





Here are some stolen pictures from another board member showing the area in question. Thanks Kevin. Thankfully all our gears are good.



Thanks all

Mike





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580B How to get get the crown gear shaft out