The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Driveline torque tube removal?

I am thinking about trying to remove the tube from a torque tube rear axle. has anyone taken one apart? It seems to me that there would be a connection from the drive shaft to the pinion, or are they one piece from the trans to the pinion?

If all I need to do is make a ring and bearing retainer for the pinion and figure out a u joint flange for the pinion, it may be doable. This would be on a 46 1/2 ton axle that I may try it on.

If I were to get this figured out, would there be a market for a kit?

Thanks for any help,

jason