I’m in the process of removing the back end (on my own
) and in my haste I think I may have removed the wrong bolts on the diff. The six bolts came off easily but when I pulled the axle away what looked like the output flange was attached to it. It didn’t look like the pictures on the tutorials. That’s what happens when you’ve been working on it for 10 hours solid. The torx bolts wouldn’t come off easily and I read somewhere that the ‘bolts‘ should come off easily so I made the assumption I was trying the wrong ones.
i cleaned it up and managed to push it back in but I noticed now that it slides in and out without it seems any kind of fixing. Basically it seems that once the suspension has dropped and the rear trailing arm and other bits are removed, the whole thing can just slide out and then click back into place.
Is this correct? If so, what would the reason be to remove the Torx bolts. If not, what do I need to do to ensure that it stays in. At the moment I’ve screwed the diff bolts back on until I can find an answer.
thanks in advance

i cleaned it up and managed to push it back in but I noticed now that it slides in and out without it seems any kind of fixing. Basically it seems that once the suspension has dropped and the rear trailing arm and other bits are removed, the whole thing can just slide out and then click back into place.
Is this correct? If so, what would the reason be to remove the Torx bolts. If not, what do I need to do to ensure that it stays in. At the moment I’ve screwed the diff bolts back on until I can find an answer.
thanks in advance