Poodle Head Mikey

My 2006 and 2007 are fine so far but on my 1993 a slide hammer became my new best friend when I had to pop the axles out. I can't believe that there is anything internal to the transaxle to disconnect. Doesn't the manual say to just pop them out? I do think that a hefty-weight slide hammer would be superior to prying/levering them out. PHM -------