Yeah you gotta show those axles who wrote the check for them. The first time I built mine I called back and asked if I ****ed it up beating on it would I have to pay full price for more! :****:
I bet the splines are twisted or the end of the shaft past the snap ring is messed up. It takes alotmore effort than you would want to put on something that expensive but it isnt terrible.
It has a snap ring inside the bell like a front wheel drive cv axle where it goes in the trans. I think you would have to get the broken piece out and get it from the inside. The vice trick has worked on mine every time.
I open the jaws of a vice enough for the stub to slide through but not the bell. Grab the stub with both hands and snatch as hard as you can from as far as you can and knock the bell off the stub. You can be pretty rough with them.
I had the same thing happen to me. Those are kind of a bitch depending on how much room you have.
I use the gasket and rtv on everything I can. Gray ftw