Axle Shaft: Removal: Notes

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Drain the transaxle oil. See DRAINING & REFILLING under LUBRICATION in the appropriate SERVICING article in TRANSAXLES/TRANSMISSIONS.
Remove in the order indicated in the illustration. See Fig 1 .

Fig 1: Exploded View Axle Shaft

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