That is how I have done mine. It was really easy. Just leave the axles attached. You still have to move the subframe up and down to get the axles in. But it is really easy if the car is already supported properly. Also, in addition to the above you will need to loosen the center carrier bearing mount so you can slide the drive shaft forward enough to pull it off the diff.

It still took me half a day. But, that was because I was doing a ton of other stuff back there. The diff. was not that hard. The toughest part was accessing those nuts on top of the diff. If the car is a "scrapper" you can cut a hole in the floor to make it easier to remove the nuts on top of the diff.

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AJ

1985 300D (SOLD)