You may need to use some specialty tools like a ball joint splitter which looks like a big tuning fork. Alternatively there is another style that uses a screw jack mechanism to separate parts. Use some penetrating oil and let it soak in first. I know the first few times I pulled my drive I had to use the big tuning fork to get them to move. After that every year I lubed the rod and the bushings with triple guard grease and didn't have much trouble after that. On mine they have the old style rod with the nuts on each end retaining it. This is actually better in a way because one of the nuts will get seized on, and you can use that to turn the rod to get it to break free a bit, then use a block of wood to tap it in towards the side that still has the nut on it, and kind of unscrew it with a socket while using the tuning fork to force it out.
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