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So to narrow this down a little more, what I really would like to find out is how to undo the locking tab the correct way. Can this be removed without destroying the nut? As you may be able to tell from the first photo, I tried a variety of ways to persuade the nut from the output shaft. Tried...

Yeah I "undid" it alright...the dremel pretty much removed the tab. Still couldn't budge the nut so I used a cold chisel to fracture what little material remained after the dremel cut. Then it was relatively easy to remove with a pipe wrench. It just seemed to me like I was doing it the hard...

Pulled the manual tranny out of my '96 Exploder and planning to rebuild with new bearings, syncs etc. However, I couldn't figure out how to remove those doggone lock nuts. Finally ended up taking one off with a dremel and pipe wrench (without damaging the shaft, fortunately): The other...

Well I'm new here so bear with me. Just getting into a major rebuild (engine, tranny, brakes, and a lot of other stuff) on a '96 Explorer that I've had since '05. Has the 4.0 OHV with 5 spd manual shift. Really struggled with whether to take the old girl to the landfill or try to save, and...