Was pulling the rear axle for a bearing replacement that will be done tomorrow and was following Chiltons manual. Axle was easy enough to pull however, Chiltons refers to a "toothed wheel" pressed onto the axle 116mm from the end. There is no toothed wheel on my axle. So pulled the axle from a 1987T wagon parts car i have. No toothed wheel on that axle either. What is the deal? Is the toothed wheel still inside and no longer pressed onto the shaft? Is this normal or abnormal? Do I just replace the bearing and put the axle back in and everything will be fine?

It is not the multi-link suspension. Upon further investigation i found that i do not have a bearing problem. If i grab the tires at 3 and 9 o'clock and push on one side and pull on the other i can make the tire wobble. I do not believe the movement is coming from the bearing area. It is coming from the back end of the axle where the toothed wheel should be. Both axles (the existing one and the one from the parts car) will wobble on the problem car, but neither one of them wobble when installed on the parts car.
Is it the toothed wheel that holds the rear of the axle tightly in place? Anyone know of a way to extract the toothed wheel which i believe is still inside and probably stuck in place. If so i could pull the one from the parts car and use it.