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Yeah, it's pressed on but you can get it off by heating it up. I popped mine off using a little propane torch, takes a while but they'll come off once hot enough....
take two of those flat prybars and use the end with the 90 on it and just pry up on both sides at the same time. i took both mine off in 2 minutes to put on the 12bolt axles. put them back on with a block of wood and a hammer