Removing Front Gear Carrier Questions, PICTURES!

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Alright I need everybodys help! I am trying to get the frame rolling by saturday and this is the only thing that is holding me back. I just bought a Surplus axle from www.colemans.com but they come with a horrible gear ratio 3.08 and I had this bright idea of just swapping my gears from my original axle that were 3.42's. Now here is the problem i cant get the gear carrier out! I tried everything I even took my engine hoist chained the gear carrier to it hoping the axle weight would pull down and the hoist would pull the gear right out. Nope. Nada. And even on the surplus axle same thing so its not an isolated incident. Now my good buddy said they are pressed in? My rear gears werent so i have no idea whats going on. Any help would be appreciated. Do they make an axle Spreader? haha so i can spread the sides and pull it right out? Anyways here is some pictures!