[Fred n' Ethel]

Hi, and thanks !
Sorry I left out the pertinents.

Its a Chevy, 54, 3100, bone stock, 235, 3 ONC.
I used a small brass drift and, with lube, pecked the gear back and forth and got it loose and turning. Then I saw a video of removing the 2 shafts. I see the one is pinned, but the video shows just pounding the other out towards the front. I hit it pretty hard, it moves very slightly each way but heads up solid against something ? ? ? It moves to almost flush with the forward surface, then rings solid .. like a bell. I quit for fear of busting something. How in the $%#@ does that shaft come out ? ? ? ?
Thanks again, very much !