I've done this too.
in fact, isn't there a write upon this here somewhere?
It not only makes dealing with the CVs easier, but removing/installing the front diff as well.

One note, if you have BJ spacers, you cannot do the trick of pulling the CVs w/o removing the upper balljoint. The angle is too steep, by like 1".

With 200+ Billion electrical parts, the world most complicated machine is inside your own skull.

Question Reality.
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'89 Rnr DLX "SR4.5", 32s w/ 5.29 locked f/r blah blah