How have you removed JD 60 axle seals

So now I have the shaft out of there and the seal sits in there with not much room to work. The JD service manual looks like the guy is driving the seal out from the outer end of the axle shaft housing with a long bar, but if you look down the axle shaft toward the seal there is no way to catch the inside of the seal and drive it out toward the center of the tractor. I have started using a screwdriver/chisel to work it out through the releaf cut into the side of the housing, but it just bent the old seal and I may have to dremel it out? Any other tricks anyone has tried. There is not a lot of room to work in the axle housing. I was not able to get the wedge loose on the flywheel side tire so that entire axle,wheel and tire are still in place. I may take the tire off and drive the axle out with along bar with the wheel still on the axle on that side and use a cherry picker to work it our. Or I may say the heck with it and since it wasn't leaking leave it alone? Anyway if you have a trick on removing the seals please let me know. Thanks
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Isn't there a washer that sits in front of the seal that you can hit with a long bar and drive them both out together?
 
Punch a small hole in the outer part and screw a wood srew into it, then use vice grips to pull it out. Mechanic told me that.
 
There is a heavy washer on the outboard side of the seal. Protects the seal when re-installing the axel. I.D. is slightly larger than the axel and guides the axel through the seal without damage.
 
Hey that makes sense to have a washer in there behind the seal, but I am not seeing it when I peer down the axle shaft from the outboard side, nor am I seeing it in the parts diagram or am I missing it. I would hate to mess up something....
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I used a length of 1/2 in square stock with a bend on the end of it that caught the lip of the seal and drove it out.
 
You should be able to feel the washer behind the seal if you reach in the housing past the bearing race. Careful if your axel bearings were quite loose the washer could have a razor edge. BTDT
 
An old man gave me one of these. I call it an offset punch - this picture calls it a caulking chisel. Whatever it is - it's often the tool I use to drive out seals and bearing cups. It's too short for your problem, but you could rig a peashooter for it in a matter of minutes. I would think that seal would pop out of there pretty easy. Let us know how you get it out - I have to replace seals on two tractors real soon.
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