Well, just invade anyone is following or runs into this same issue... I ended up pulling the half shaft out of the tranny. Just undid the 3 bolts to the heat shield, 3 to the bearing from the half shaft to cv joint, and gently pulled it out. The male end that goes into the cv has a type of spring/snap ring. What I ended up having to to was have someone hit the cv with an extension and a hammer while I wiggled what was left of the cv joint. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to finish up the install... I'm still trying to get the lower ball joint out. May try and work it in without having to remove the entire knuckle
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