Yes that my question also, if you can access the "C" clip and have the room to pull the shaft out, can that be done?

I was gonna do control arms and sway bar links today and decided to wait and to the boots along with the support arm ball joint, that is really spent. My boots are actually cracking now that I have taken a good look. Only the left side is noticable but I’ll do both. My wife tends to drill the curb about 50% of the time aiming for the driveway. To bad too, I got the parts but have another car to do today so I will do it next weekend. I am going to TRY a different way, I will remove the support arm and control arm and see if I can access the "C" clip without removing the axle shaft from the hub, if that is possible we are talking about a significant reduction in the job time and difficulty.