We hang out the back of the car, remove the wheels. We substitute an adjustable support or jack under the gearbox and lightly load the suspension. Disconnect the propeller shaft from the main gear drive flange (see Replacing the driveline).
Disconnect the hydraulic brake hose from the steel tube (see Replacing the rear brake hose), by plugging it with a stopper to prevent leakage of fluid from the brake system. Disconnect the branch of the rear parking brake cable from the equalizer (see Removal of components and adjustment of the parking brake system). We disconnect from the bracket on the bridge beam the drive rod of the rear brake pressure regulator (see Replacing and Adjusting the Pressure Regulator).
Disconnect the upper ends of the shock absorbers and the rear suspension rods from the body (see Replacing parts of the rear suspension).
We remove the springs and shock absorbers from the beam. We disconnect the longitudinal and transverse rods from the brackets on the bridge beam.
You can remove the rear axle in another way by disconnecting the rods and shock absorbers not from the body, but from the axle itself.
We lower the jack and remove the rear axle along with the rear suspension parts.
Installation of the rear axle is carried out in the reverse order of removal.
After disassembling the rear axle with the removal of the gearbox and axle shaft, it is possible to visually determine the absence of deformation of the beam. It is enough to look inside the empty beam from the flange side - the centers of the holes for the axle shafts should be located on the same line. The slightest distortion is noticeable to the eye. The bent beam must be replaced.