Help a 'idiot remove an axle

[Headrope]

Appreciate the offers but I might be OK. I took the carrier to a speed shop and let them pound on it. It was funny listening while waiting:  tink, tink, tink followed by bam, bam, bam, followed by the pshsssss of a torch, more banging and the whir of an air wheel. Big ups to Rainier Honda & Yamaha.  

Next up: Getting the bearing spacer off the axle. Then - hopefully - it will just be a matter of throwing the Pivot Works kit in the freezer for a while, putting the carrier on a hotplate and buttoning everything back up. Stay tuned.

[russ-russ]

Good deal.  When you are putting things back together, grease the piss out of the axle and spacer sleeve to help prevent rust for next time.  Hell, grease everything.

[Headrope]

The sleeve does come off the non-drive (right) side, right? It slides but keeps getting hung up in the center of the axle.
Sorry for all the questions. I can get busted heads bolts out of an engine built in 1966 but apparently can't figure out the axle on a quad assembled only 5 years ago. This is nuts.

UPDATE: Ended up having to cut the bearing spacer off. The axle looks OK. Won't know for sure until I go to put it all back together though and a new bearing spacer is on order.
I miss the good ol' days when parts shops actually had parts * sigh *

[Bert]

Good deal.  When you are putting things back together, grease the piss out of the axle and spacer sleeve to help prevent rust for next time.  Hell, grease everything.

On #5 the spacer  I used antisieze. I haven't had it apart since then so....

[Headrope]

Parts finally came in and - well, IT"S FIXED!!!!!!!
Thanks for all the help. Everything tests out on pavement. Will test it out for realsies next week at Coos Bay.

[Krandall]