Hey everyone, I picked up this G80 the other day and I took it home with the ring gear on it. I wanted to swap the ring gear and was assuming I shouldn't damage the shield on the back of the differential. So I attempted to remove the bearings and that turned into a disaster. I had to buy a special bearing puller tool and it still didnt work. I used a ton of heat with an oxy acetylene torch and it didn't move at all. I did some research and found out that if your going to attempt that, it needs to be in a press. The other option is to score and break the bearing, which is what I am going to do now. My question is should I just have cut the shield off to gain access to the bolts? Then left the original bearings alone and put it in my car? How important is that shield? Because its looking to be not worth saving.