Update, People-
Turns out you cannot pull the side case or midshaft out without moving the tranny forward off the insert that aligns the two cases. If you have to do that then you might as well pull the tranny & work on it on the bench. So I did and this might be the wrong thing to do but being that I have put two keys in so far. I just welded the Crown Gear to the Mid Shaft and now it will never spin again!!! Not recommending anybody do that but it's working great for me. I'm plowing snow again and I'm happy and the wife is happy, she can get out and go shopping and spend money.
