Here is a good DIY with pictures for you to get a good idea of what is involved: https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...d.php?t=173647

I wouldn't pay someone to do it if you have the tools available to do it yourself. I can swap out an axle in about 30 minutes with basic hand tools, so if you know what you are doing, it shouldn't take more than an hour and a half.

The only things that could be problems with doing the job would be the axle nut, getting the ball joints dislodged, and getting the axle to pop free. Just get a long breaker bar for the axle nut and have someone on the brakes while you try and break the nut free. I could never get the lower balljoint to pop free, so I dislodged the upper ball joint and the tie rod ball joint and did it that way. Getting the axle to pop free can be a bitch if you don't have the right tools. Get a crow bar for the passenger side axle and pry until it pops and for the drivers side, I got a plumber's wrench that fit between the intermediate shaft bearing and the inner joint and hit the side of the joint and pryed with the wrench until it came out.

I would attempt it first and if you run into problems, do everything you can to work around them, and if you still can't do it, pay someone to do it.