Before pulling back the rear axle assembly, there is need to if the car you're dealing with comes with an electronic parking brake, there is need to release this parking brake tension. It is suggested to remove the rear wheel lug nuts, elevate the rear of the car and then support it on jack stands; block the front wheels to prevent the vehicle from rolling. The rear wheels should be taken off, and then a floor jack should be placed under the rear axle differential housing; it is preferable to employ two jacks, one for each side of the axle tube. Depend on your car model; you need to have the driveshaft removed, shock absorbers loose at its lower part, vent hose from the axle housing fitting will also be dismissed, stabilizer shaft end links will need to be detached to the frame, and the last step is the brake line bracket bolted. Disconnect the rear brake calipers from the car and leave the brake hoses connected and put the rear calipers somewhere nearby secure. Remove the backing plate nuts, then separate the parking brake cables from the backing plate brackets, together with the rear wheel speed sensors. For the leaf spring models, you need to first loosen and take off the spring U-bolt nuts with the spring plates-then operate the hydraulic jack under the differential in order to take out the rear axle assembly out. For coil spring models, the links for the electronic suspension control sensors must be unbolted from the trailing arms, the track bar must be detached from the rear axle, the stabilizer shall be unbolted, and the coil springs must be unbolted. Remove the upper and the lower trailing arm bolts and the nut then lower the jack from the differential to remove the rear axle assembly. For installation, reverse the removal steps, use a wrench to tighten the U joint clamp bolts in a star like pattern in a way that tighten them to the recommended torque tightening force tight all the suspension and brake fasteners to the indicated torque values. Last but not the least, fix the wheels and nuts and tuck in the car and then again tighten the nuts to the recommended torque.
