Well, the easy broken bolt is out. The one on the other side was not too compliant. The rear end is out and getting ready to be put on the bench. The bolt is broke flush, much like the other side, but won't spin with the chisel/punch. Picking up a cobalt bit at lunch to see if it will drill the bolt, and as an extra bonus, there is also a small piece broken off in the axle tube
The 'good' side also needs a new axle seal, so removing it was still necessary. Crazy, I had a nice, complete, running 982, two weeks ago, now I have hydro fluid all over my shop floor, and my 982 in pieces. Almost makes me want to just tear it down a bit further and get it ready to paint in the spring???? Oh, and my poor 70 that's been sitting in a million pieces since June. At least I got the steering column rebuilt and I did get a nice pressure pot sandblaster for Christmas, so I'll be able to get back at that soon!