The best way to do it ,is to pull the motor, if you dont want to pull the back of the boat apart, but if you have a 4 point motor mount setup, it would be easyer to pull the back apart then to pull the motor, the only other way to do it is if you do have a 4 point motor mount, then you can try to pull just your u-joints off if you can get to the bolts, depending on what type of bell housing you have!!!! good luck:idea: :idea: