Any number of good ways depending on how monstrous you want to be, indeed a bigger hammer, pull the circlip, sit the CV across an big open vise, pound on the shaft with with a big drift (ie socket on 1/2" extention, etc or your cold chisel if it is dull.)  I've done countless "in the field that way, never broken anything.  The technical way to do that would be use a press instead of the hammer, which I will usually do if in the garage.  Another easy, perhpaps easiest in this case if they are still in the car and you can finagle the inboard one down and accessible in the car as pulling those stupid outboard bolts is such a PITA in a vanagon (compared to the breeze it is in a bus,) is just use a cheapo puller, a moderate size one for $10 or less from the local Autozone or the like is fine, just has to be wide enough to grip the CV, the rotating center fits nicely in the center drilled driveshaft if previously mentioned cold chisel hasn't boogered it up too much, will pull the
 CV in about 60 seconds and is a bit more technical than a bigger hammer.  My cheapo bought on a trip at Walmart "Popular Mechanic" puller hasn't broken yet on any CV, I keep it in the travel toolbox for just such an occasion while my good KD ones stay at home.

  John

neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA> wrote:
  Hi Shawn.

A bigger hammer? ;)

--- Shawn Wright wrote:

> the end of the shaft with a cold chisel while the
> outer joint was supported in
> a vise, but it would't budge. Both my inboard CVs
> are now stuck like this,
> and will wear out eventually...
> Any ideas appreciated.

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