How do you remove the axle from a 1991 Festiva?

I had this problem on my 1997 aspire which is the same. You need to take a pry bar and just keep working the axle back and forth while turning it to get the circlip to compress and come through (the bearing in the differential was bad in mine so it was very difficult to get mine out, took an hour or so of working it loose a little at a time)be careful not to get overzealous and poke a hole in the aluminum housing with the prybar (as my helper did!)