Once you’re sure about this, remove the wheels. Disconnect the rear brakes at the flexible hose, clamping it to stop fluid loss. Disconnect the rear propshaft. Now support under the axle with a trolley jack, remove the shackle pins at the back of the rear springs, lower the axle and springs, take away the jack, remove the axle U bolts and carefully pull the axle out from under the back of the vehicle. This is the easiest way but, if you do it this way, loosen the nuts on the front shackle pins a little, too and when you replace the axle don’t fully tighten any shackle pins nuts until the vehicle’ s weight is on the spring.
Unfortunately, shackle pins are often rusted any place, so you may end up with Plan B: support under the diff with a trolley jack, between spring and chassis. If you do this, be carefully not to knock the vehicle sideways, and always have two people lifting.
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