After talking to my local transmission guy, and him telling me that it would be a real son of a gun to do without a hoist, I decided to let him do it. He had a real tough time getting the cv shaft out, too. He does this stuff for a living, so I'm sure I'd have been scratching my head with it.
Aside from that, I really didn't have the time to fool with it. I just had part of the stuff apart since I just replaced the rack and pinion a few weeks ago, but still felt better about him doing it since he does transmissions for a living.
