Changing vx diff do you have to unbolt the whole rear end or just the diff unit

[H1GHROLLR]

HEY people im just changing the diff in my vx and i have done it before but its when i

done all the bushes too,so i removed the whole rear end i was just curious as to if

you can just unbolt the diff its self (the 4 bolts that hold it to the cradle) it looks pretty tight

up there but you might just get tools in, it would be a alot quicker then taken the whole

rear set up out lol and lighter ,any help would be great cheers guys

[jazza15]

You have to take the exhaust out and unbolt the driveshaft, so if it turns out that you have to at least drop the cradle a bit, then you are already half way there.
I'm about to change my cradle soon and from what i've seen under there you will probably just have to use a spanner to undo those 4 big bolts.
I would like to know a definative answer to this question as I don't think I will be able to get an LSD cheap enough before then, so will probably be changing the diff after the conversion.

[holden boy]

you just unbolt the drive shaft , drop that off .
then just drop the 2 other shafts on either side i think there is 6 bolts each side ( the ones that go to the wheels , wish i could rember there names .
then just drop the 4 big bolts that hold it up but you have to take of the sensor wires that are on it as i think they go to the abs units or some shit ( not sure really )
its not hard well it wasn't on the v6 as it has only the 1 exhaust pipe.
but should still be a peace of cake on a v8 its the same stuff really .

nice and simple should be able to drop it out in a hour easy

[Sladdo]

Its not that hard to drop the k-frame. Using a hoist & air tools I dropped mine in about 30mins. Yes you can get onto the top bolts but you'll find they'll be ****ing tight all the way out. Holden like their Locktite.