Nice write up Mick! I just did mine a couple weeks ago. I did go ahead and installed new ones from CVJ Denver and new seals as well.

I used a small pair of needlenose ViseGrips to grasp the clips and they worked great to re-install them!

If I had to do another axle replacement now, I'm sure I could do it in 3 or 4 hours. BUT, that doesn't mean a thing though as it will be 100K plus miles before they will need replaced and I will have forgotten everything I learned by then!

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