Hi Tom. After you remove the diff with axles attached, the easy way, will some blocks between the sub frame and body keep the body up of the wheels.
Don't even bother with center stuff on the drive shaft. Just drop the sub frame, undo the diff, pull back from the flex disk and slide out.

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