To address your concern, I do not believe that the front end being either loaded or unloaded makes any difference; because ours are on a lift, all the suspension is unloaded, but I really do not see any reason for concern.
A suggestion to make your life simple in the future: Mark the location of your drain plug on the panel you need to remove, and while it is out of the car, use a 2” or so metal hole saw to put an access port in the panel so it will never have to be removed again to drain the gearbox…………..next time you just remove the drain plug............
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