Good point - I didn't notice the type of axle!

Oh well - wood and trees and all that.

The main handy point about the annular axles is that you don't have to undo the rear cover on the differential so long as the bolts come out nicely on the flanges that stick out of the differential.

If you don't mind working on your back in the dirt you don't really have to jack the back end too high. The connection at the differential once undone only needs to be pulled away by about 2 cm to get clearance from the flanges in the differential so the axle doesn't have to be completely extended.

This make the job about 35% easier in my opinion.

For my W201 I can jack up the back end of the car and reposition it on the ground on the tyres in an artificially high stance and then get under there for this type of job. Not 100% ideal - very cramped - but possible if your axle stands happen to be somewhere else at the time...

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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