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Try leaving the tension on it overnight and the blasting agent will likely loosen it up. Do you have a propane torch? If you have the support off the bearing, you can also try heating it up to get it to let go. It's been in there for a dog's age, and any road salt drop that got in there can make it mighty tough to get off. When you put the new one on, be sure to only use force on the inner race. It should be a fairly tight fit. I'm not sure what is called out in the design, but a slip fit would be good enough for it. I seem to remember a slip fit. I should check mine one day. It's been many many years since I put u-joints in this truck.