Joatmon was right on the soft metal. It is a "dust cover". I could not get a pipe wrench on it because of the cross brace and didn't want to take that off because it was supporting a motor mount. I could not get a good angle with anything but finally got one with a pry bar. Put it against ...

the right circle (bigger one) is metal. It's up to the side so I'm not sure I can get a screw drver in there to pry. A pry bar is out of the question. I will try and update you. My biggest concern is the metal ring nudged up against the trans. In that pic its almost exactly half clean and half greas...

Here is a link to a pic of the joint.

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I have an 04 with automatic transmission. The seal is leaking. I've gone through all the steps and am at the last one of taking the CV joint out of the transmission. The book says to "pry" it out with a prybar or screwdriver. I don't seem to have anything to pry against. If I stick the scr...