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Originally Posted by Tom Endy
The early 1928 Model A's had a 370:1 ratio ring & pinion that are different from the later cars. The common pullers on the market will not work with these early R&P's. Unless you can make a unique puller tool, you are going to have to disassemble the differential to get it apart. See attached article.
Tom Endy
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Good catch Tom. I did not see the date in the description and assumed the obvious. But with that said, I don't believe Mike has the early R&P based on him saying the two nuts are loose.
Mike, again, ...the flat plate puller is used to remove the Pinion bearing from the Differential Housing (-some call it a Banjo housing) as a compete assembly, -which will then allow you to remove the castellated nut from the end of the driveshaft. The driveshaft end is tapered & keyed, and will generally release from the tapered internal portion of the Pinion Gear with just a few raps of a brass faced dead-blow hammer. Just install the nut loosely onto the shaft to protect the threads.