I just made a new discovery yesterday while removing my rear diff! I assume nobody really does this since I have yet to see one post about it. If you simply unbolt the bottom of the knuckle from the LCA and the front of the trailing arm from the car, you can swing the knuckles up far enough to get the axles out of the diff WITHOUT dropping the subframe, sway bar, exhaust or anything else. by far this is THE quickest way to drop the diff for those who break theirs or are upgrading. Just thought someone else could take advantage of this piece of information

-P.S.- the subframe would still need to be dropped to get the moustache bar out.

 

Thanks for the tip man
Will come in handy when I rearrange my rear diff clutch plates.

 

Nice.

 

You can do it by just removing the right side parts as you described.

 

While the trailing arm is easy to remove, it's a pain to put it back in.

I remove the upper control arm bolts and the control arm link (the arm that looks like it's bent) bolt and it gives me enough room to slide the axle out of the diff. I would only to this to the PASSENGER side since the driver side, there's the gas tank tube that's in the way of the control arm link. In fact, leave the driver side completely alone. While dropping the diff, tilt the diff and slide the axle out.

 

The arm you're referring to that looks bent is your toe adjustment arm. I wouldn't touch that lol. Unless you already need alignment.