Accessing E-Revo diffs - is it really that hard?

[VintageMA]

I haven't seen anyone put up a thread about this, but I was wondering - am I the only one who thinks its a real pain and very time consuming to get to the diffs in the E-Revo?

I replaced the front and rear a-arms in my E-Revo and I though it would have been easier. Really took almost taking the whole front and rear end of the truck apart.

I've wanted to replace the diff oil in the front and rear diffs, but it looked like it would take another 30 minutes just to get past the hinge pins to the diffs.

Am I doing something wrong? If so - please tell me how to access these parts a little more easily.

Most buggies and truggies make it so easy to get to the diffs with only a few screws, but it seemed like the e-revo is a real pain.