115 differential disassembly

["dion fields" <noid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

greetings respected digestibles,

i recently got a replacement rear end for my 73 GTV since
my original one was humming.  the "new" one from APE
consists of the pumpkin and the left side tube and axle.
i need to swap the right side tube and axle from my old
diff' onto the replacement diff'.

what is a good way to pull out the axle?  my shop manual
says to just use the special puller.  but i imagine there is
someway the axle is retained in the tube, rather than just
pressed in.  does the parking brake assembly do the 
retaining?  is there another style puller i could use, like a slide 
puller, or is there somewhere i could rent the alfa puller from ?

-dion fields
-'73 gtv
-los angeles


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