Blake - Just went through this myself, the procedure 235 recommends is correct but let me add a little safety caution. Before you loosen the u-joint and attempt to slide the yolk back have your jack in place and snugged up under the torque tube as you may need to take a little pressure off the yolk to slide it back. Once everything is clear you will jack the tube up until it clears the trans to allow removal. I had to jack the tube right up hard against the floor board and then some to get the tranny out. Unless you loosen the rear axle on the springs when you jack up the tube you will be building a lot of downward spring force in the tube and if your jack slips you are in trouble if you are under it or your fingers are in the wrong place. Suggest you put a safety chain around the tube and a rear crossmember tightening as you go as a safety precatuion. Once your tranny is out you will have to reverse the process to release the downward force before you attempt to remove the third member from the axle housing. I did mine on a lift so I didn't need to loosen the rear axle from the rear springs but if you are doing this on the ground it may be a necesity. Finally, it was mentioned you could remove the tube from the rear end, the tube is permanantly afixed to the third member, it can't be separated. When you go to the shop you will have 6 feet of tube with a pumkin on the end of it to work on. I too took mine in to a gear shop for conversion, suggest you get a copy of a manual on these trucks and review the procedure with your shop to ensure they understand how to deal with the drive shaft seals inside the torque tube, pinion removal procedure, etc. Hope this helps - Bug
