I just replaced my rear main seal and only had to disconnect the U-joint (within the ball housing), slide it back enough to allow the driveline to drop down. Once down far enough to clear the back end of the tranny, pull the U-Joint, ball collar of the end of the driveline and then raised it until it touched the bottom side of the floor board.

Pulled the tranny and did my thing.



Craig

My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear
My truck ....... Respect The Rust
If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.