stazi, i'm way ahead of you on getting a shop manual, unfortunately i'm also WAY ahead of myself... it hasn't been delivered yet. i thought that i could get away with using just the knuckle/bearing "how to" from this forum. i apparently thought wrong.

so, what's my best bet for getting that inner CV outa there now? it was late and i didn't want to futz anymore after making such an immediately apparent blunder.

thanks for your collective help