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update: No longer a three legged mule!!! Got her all back together. I installed the new housing and drop gear assembly. No issues there. I slid in the small body tube and gaskets. You may need to pry the two apart with a screw driver to walk the gasket in. The long body tube was a...

Update OK, I got that $%#@ needle bearing out and the axle seal. Lucky for me the new seal was rubber encapsolated so it sealed the damage I did to the housing trying to get the other out. I cleaned re-assembled the drop housing the the axle housing today. It slid together very nicely. I...

Well, the cold chisel didn't do it but a die grinder did. I was super careful to just cut thru the bearing race. There is an axle seal down inside as well. be careful not to hit the housing...like it didaua

struggling with a bearing race Bill Watson said this could be chipped out with a cold chisel. I've been chippen' but it don't chip. Any other suggestions????

update: tear down complete, ready for rebuild Taking the front body tube was tricky. You remove all the bolts but the tube won't come out. if you remove the start button and the block where the lower basket bolt threads in, the tube can slide towards the drivers side and get clear of the...

Thanks bro...it looks like a pretty easy fix. You only have to throw money at it:grd: update: I contacted Bill Watson and have the drop housing, two seals and one needle bearing on the way. Everything else will be a swap out from one to the other. I'll post pics of the repair.

hard "THUMP" sound. I did not land out front. the mule kept forward momentum and came to a hault as the front corner dipped down from my weight.

I was in third gear high range:beer:

Took the mule out for a spin last night with the wife. While flying thru the high grass, a tree stump jumped up and bit the front drive side completely off the mule.:cry::cry::cry: The only thing holding the wheel and drop axle on was the tie rod. I popped off the tie rod, had the wife sit...