Trouble removing driveshaft from slip yoke

Replacing my u-joints and center support bearing today, drive shaft is disconnected but I cant seem to pull it from the slip yoke. Any ideas to break this thing loose? I'm working on it solo, might just need a friend to help yank on it

 

airtight grease suction most likely. Got a way to tie it down, vise maybe?

 

Well I think I might have my driveshaft mixed up with a different model tacoma. watched some videos this morning on replacing u joints, but my shaft is bolted up front unlike the others I watched



Had trouble breaking these loose but I'm gonna give it another go

 

Yep - I'm an idiot

 

nah, not an idiot. You got it out.(without beating it to death at that) I thought you meant that slip by the carrier.

 

Are you talking about removing the nut and flange to get the CB off? Or are you talking about the slip joint?

 

The shaft where it meets the transmission, I watched a video on u-joints that mustve been an older model tacoma, or 2wd. He just took off the four bolts at the diff flange and the two at center bearing and slid it out. Mine needed the four nuts on the tranny side removed as well. Had to make a quick breaker bar that was short enough to fit in that space to get the nuts loose

 

That’s how 4x4s are

2wd slides out of the transmission