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Very easy. Jack up the axle, pull the wheels, disconnect the driveshaft (4 bolts), disconnect the brake lines at the wheel hubs, undo 4 bolts at each hub, pull the wheel hubs out maybe 6", undo 11 bolts on the diff, pull the diff. Reverse with your replacement, bleed brakes. EDIT: Ooops, don't forget to drain and refill the diff. And always open your fill plug before your drain plug. But to Kingman's point, if it damaged the axle shafts, it's nice having a full donor axle just in case, either for parts or full swap. Since your truck is disabled anyway, wouldn't hurt to try pulling the diff first to know what you need. My donor axle cost me about $250+100 core, but donor diffs were $135+5 core through my local JYs. You'll know pretty quickly if your axle shafts are toast. It would be a good time to replace seals, too. Probably not. Unless you strike gold and find one with a lunchbox or ARB inside! But the factory LSDs for your generation apparently had some good numbers. Not a locker by any means, but not slouches either.1 point