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Ok praxis, the job of getting this style of rag joint apart is "non-trivial" as they say... I can't see it happening with the shaft still in the truck. With mine out of the truck, it was still quite a job. I'm thinking this style wasn't intended to ever be disassembled? Grinding all the rivet heads off wasn't bad, but trying to punch out the remaining part with hand tools seemed to be impossible. First I drilled some holes in the stubs to give the punch something to sit in. The metal the pins are made out of is pretty damn soft, almost felt like drilling wood, so that part was fine. However, using a large punch and a 3 or 5 lb club hammer while the shaft was held in a vise got me exactly no where. Those suckers were not moving! I eventually used my air hammer, which worked pretty slick, but if you don't have air tools. I'm not sure how you could pound these stubs out. I'll post some pics of my progress so far.