Fuck i just realized the intermediate shaft supposedly pulls out of the diff. After i took out those ludicrously difficult to remove bolts. Damnit.

I'm having a real pain removing the intermediate shaft.. I'm trying to take off the bracket to get at the clip that mr. Hanes insists is under it, but the axle shaft interferes with one of the bolts removal.. there must be a way short of taking the grinder to it but I'm stumped at the moment