"With the weight of the vehicle"...Question

Weight is weight. If jack stands were under the suspension and not the frame rail, then you should be OK.

Now, if you had the stands under the frame rail, and jacked up the diff, you may not have had full weight on the suspension.

Please tell me you were not working under it with just a jack.

OK....good to hear....

I didn't explain it well, but I put jack stands under the rear end and set the weight on them.
So all the weight was on the rear end. (On jack stands!)