So the storm passed through early and the driveway dried out so I did a little work. The goal was to have the front dif in the shop by dark because another storm is supposed to hit in the morning.
So first I had to clean up a space to move all the parts from the right side to on the bench. Then clear a section in the middle of the shop for the dif. Then Haul all the tools out to the Patrol once the concrete mostly dried up.
After getting ready, and double standing the right side because it was all ready taken back to the axle housing(yes I have had jackstands fail before, and a friends brother was killed by jackstands failing), I disconnected the right shock, sway bar, sway bar end link, both stearing stabilizers, and droop stop. Then with the left tire still on I rolled under the patrol and did the same on the left side plus the main brake line and tie rod from the pitman arm. Then I removed the left tire and ball joint so I could haul the tie rods into the shop. I had removed the front drive shaft a Sunday afternoon so that was all ready out. Then with both sides on double stands I removed the u-bolts and straight bolts holding the axle housing to the springs. At this point I put stands under the axle and pulled the front shackles.
Got all the tools picked up and the axle slid out right at dusk. That thing is a heavy pig to get out of there by your self. But in the shop before dark