SIII tranny main shaft removal?

[spechols]

Group – I am taking a SIII tranny apart. I am down to the main shaft. The books say “drive it out”. But I keep driving with a big soft hammer and it is not coming out. So – how hard do I need to hit this thing or is there a better way?

[greenmeanie]

Bigger hammer. Find a scrap nut or place a block of aluminium over the end of the shaft to protect it and then use a proper hammer which will give a sharper blow.

Remeber that any time you hammer on a bearing like this that you will brunel it which means it will have to be replaced.

[spechols]

Worked as stated
THANKS