having trouble dropping the driveshaft

I think he said the bolts are out.try tapping a screwdriver between the pinion flange and the yolk flange.you may have to move the driveshaft back into the tranny a hair.also make a scribe mark on the flanges,so you get the correct orientation during reassembly.

rockyracoon,

Good eyeballs, brother! Yes, the OP does say he has the bolts out. That's a good tip about marking the two flanges, too. (You're doing a good job dispensing help, lol.)

So, what about some PB Blaster to loosen up the rust/corrosion products between the flanges? Once it has worked for 10 or 15 minutes, you can then tap in a thin metal spackle trowel in between the flanges. Gentle taps to ease the flanges apart and don't let the driveshaft drop onto the garage floor (put a cardboard box or some other cushion under it).

HTH,

Chris

After letting mine soak with KB88 for a couple minutes, I just gave mine a thwack with a ball pean (pean, pene wait wut?) hammer at the base and down she came. Twas deceiving though, for a second I thought I missed a bolt, turns out it was just stuck.

Its a tough piece so I didn't really worry about hitting it. Not like I hammered the hell out of it, but did give it a good....thwack.