I dunno....looked like they would be in the way? Was trying to do a little pre-work in advance of picking up the axles. The caliper cage is only 2 bolts and the rotor came right off, so not a lot of extra work. I just changed the RF hub bearing, like 2 weeks ago. Surprisingly, one little tap on the left side axle and it broke free of the axle splines. I noted that when I took out the old hub bearing there was grease or anti-seize on the axle splines...looks like a good trick to make replacing the hub that much easier when it fails.
I work slow, if I did this for a living I would be one sorry broke-a$$ dude.
Also thinking I can take some flat stock, weld up something like this to use with my slide hammer:
3 pieces of flat stock welded in a U shape with a nut welded on the end, looks pretty simple.
