ok i have my 10 bolt rear out of my 89 blazer and i need help taking it apart, i have the diff cover off and the wheels off but i need to get the axle shafts out...well everything out and im lost as to how to do it, ive taken apart a 9" and a d44 but i think the 10 bolt has c-clips, i dunno, im lost, someone please help, thanks...

the d44 must have been a front, or it would be very similar to the 10b. is it a gov-lock, or just an open, or does it have a clutch posi even?

you should be able to (with drums off) push the shafts in from the studded end, and pull the c-clips off from the inside of the carrier, then the shafts just pull out

There is a small bolt inline with the cross shaft, remove the bolt and pin (should be 1 piece) then slide the cross shaft out, push in your axle shafts at the wheels and then remove the c-clips for inside the carrier, then slide your shafts out.

yah the d44 was a front, i got the drums off too, and the little bolt and the pin out, but thats where im stuck, what exactly slides out now? nothing seems to slide out...

Push axle shaft in, pull c-clip, pull axle shaft out.

yah...i figured it out, i was thinkin there was something else that had to come out first....thanks guys.

but now i need the pinion out, and i know i need to take the nut off where the driveshaft use to be attached. ise there anyway to do it now or do i need to put it back together with a tire to get some leverage on that nut?

yah...i figured it out, i was thinkin there was something else that had to come out first....thanks guys.

but now i need the pinion out, and i know i need to take the nut off where the driveshaft use to be attached. ise there anyway to do it now or do i need to put it back together with a tire to get some leverage on that nut?

use an impact wrench to remove the pinion nut at the yoke.

thanks....ill go give that a shot!

Pipe wrench on the yoke, breaker bar and socket on the nut works as well.