False, My understanding, and I have done this on a polaris 4 wheeler, just not a side by side, is you take a slide hammer/dent puller, attach it to the shaft, since yours is broken you can weld a tab or whatever. Then connect slidehammer and keep sliding until it pops. Took me a little while to figure this out, I actually attached my winch to the damn thing and was pulling the 4 wheeler all over. Then someone told me about the slide hammer.
I wouldn't call it "C-clip" it is more of spring clip. Like when you reassemble it, you put the pin on the axle then push it through the case.