excellent? not really, this is too much un necessary work.

1)remove wheel
2)remove 36mm nut
3)remove lower control arm bolt and let the arm hang
4)use air hammer to push axle shaft out of hub.
5)using a razor blade, cut boot in half(if not already completly torn
6)using a small sledge hammer, hit cv joint out of splines.
7)replace cv boot

takes 15 minutes!