Originally Posted by BRUT4CE

No....I took off the flange and looked to see if the axle was smacking knuckle it was clear....

So treated it like a circlip style, threw the rotor on backwards held it with 3 lug nuts a few turns and merked it....came right out....

Definently tighter than any axle I've worked on over the years it literally was locked in lol...looked at spines and they are straight as a arrow all edges are tight with machining marks so it wasn't twisted just really wanted to stay put.....

So old school tricks work again....haven't had to do that one in a while but good to know its still in style.

There is only one rub spot from a seal on the axle so if they went double seals there is no secondary mark or spot. It may only be Rubicons that got it and if that's the case yeah I'd swap out any 2013 stuff for a 2012 design makes trail repair a ton easier....