Help please diff lock lever separation?????

I have removed, stripped, greased the diff lock lever unit, my problem is the actual gear lever has a ball joint type that meets with the cross shaft, the plastic collar that surrounds the ball joint has perished, I have a new one but I have to separate the lever in two, there is a fat part of the lever with what looks like a bush inside it where the two join, how the fook do I separate these?
Thanks, tom

with housing upside down remove pin from bottom of lever it will pull through then

jamesmartin said:

with housing upside down remove pin from bottom of lever it will pull through then

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I've got the lever out, but the plastic collar won't fit over the ball joint in way it's meant to sit, so you have to do it from the top of the lever but that fat bit is in the way'

once youve got pin out and clip removed from plastic bush it will pull out of the top

jamesmartin said:

once youve got pin out and clip removed from plastic bush it will pull out of the top

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I have removed the old one, just like that, but the new one can't go on the same way it has to be fitted from the top of the lever (gear knob end) but to do that I need to remove the 'fat' part of the gear lever

Jamesmartin, I don't know if this helps you understand what I mean, the collar in the middle has broken, but the new one will not go on the eye/spring end as it does not fit over the ball joint, so I have to split the lever in two and insert the other end
Tom

I wasted a couple of hours of my life trying to unseize mine. I finally bought one from a breakers for a fiver. Wish id done that to begin with :lol:

Tomp said:

Jamesmartin, I don't know if this helps you understand what I mean, the collar in the middle has broken, but the new one will not go on the eye/spring end as it does not fit over the ball joint, so I have to split the lever in two and insert the other end
Tom

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that type will be impossible to change it on .ive got the other type of lever that yoiu can change it on or that type with bush on already if you cant find one locally

jamesmartin said:

that type will be impossible to change it on .ive got the other type of lever that yoiu can change it on or that type with bush on already if you cant find one locally

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James, thanks for your help bud, I was thinking that earlier today, at least I've got a second opinion now. I appreciate all your help mate :clap2:

Glb8686 said:

I wasted a couple of hours of my life trying to unseize mine. I finally bought one from a breakers for a fiver. Wish id done that to begin with :lol:

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Lol seems like I've wasted a couple months of mine!! Hahaha will just get a new one tomorrow me thinks.

Finally sorted, received a new unit this morning, all fitted, all working perfectly, thanks for the help guys.