No No No, EASY fix. Which side is it? They're both pretty much easy to fix. There's totally NO reason to drop the tranny. There's only 3 bolt/nuts to undo and slide out the axle on the driver side and 5 on the passenger side for the support bracket in the middle. Nothing else is needed to unbolt, unless your above average size and the one on the passenger side needs fixing. There's tight fit getting the 2 10mm bolts off the support bracket, other than that it's an easy job. Go by your output shaft seal(s) and replace it yourself easily for under $10-15 and no more than 3 hours of slow working. The only part that took me longer was getting the metal seal part off and installing the other one, other then that the rest only took half an hour to an hour. Good Luck.
Edit: That was on a Gen I like yours, 5-speed. Oh and about your sig, you might wanna change that if your referring to the SHO spoiler as a SC spoiler. It came on most of the plus models. wink
Bolts/nuts that need to be removed when doing this are the lower arm to steering knuckle pinch bolt and nut, tie rod end slotted nut & cotter pin, and sway bar end link to strut brace nut. For the passenger side, you'll need to remove the 2 10mm bolts on the center bracket behind the oil pan. The passenger side axle should/will slide out and the driver side will need some extra force and maybe a little pry action. If you do the passenger side, you'll need another person or use your foot to push the assembly of where the rotor is so you can have your hands on the axle coming out and place it in a safe position as it will go back in the direction of the tranny. I used my foot to push.
Be sure to have like something to hold up the axle to not put strain on the CV joints, I used an exta set of jack stands.
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