Well I got the axle out, the inner boot has a hole in it so I'll put on a new replacement boot today before I re-install.
But I have bigger issues now... my power steering pump does not seem to be lining up, meaning the solid pipe coming to the pump seems to have been bent, I loosened this pipe but I was still struggling to get either mounting bolt started. So I took off the alternator, then proceeded to take off the heater hose belt tensioner bracket. The bypass elbow that is easily seen literally crumbled, but this bracket sure seemed to be stuck to the motor. So I searched again for possibly a bolt I had missed. Then I just pried it a bit and the other elbow broke, however this other elbow is not plastic, it's steel. It's part of this heater hose belt tensioner thing, and now it's broken....figures...
Tonight I'll look through my bin of a few motor parts, but I think I'll be heading to the junk yard...
Oh, and a its negative 13 at my house this morning, yea -13 kinda cold, but the sun is shining bright!
