I replaced mine and never took the tires off or even looked at a jack. I had to remove the shock on one side and that was it.

You can just replace the boots if the joints arent creaking. The toyota axles are supposed to be stronger than the Chinese replacements available. Many will tell you to replace the whole thing at $60 an axle though.

Pop in some manual hubs and reduces wear on the boots.

Sold Truck: 89 DLX extra cab 4x4 22re Automatic/ New truck 97 T100 4x4 auto Sr5