Removal (Accord)
- Remove steering shaft connector bottom bolt. Pull connector off pinion shaft. Raise and support front of vehicle. Remove front wheels.
- Remove cotter pins and ball joint nuts. Using a ball joint remover, remove tie rod ends from steering knuckles.
- Place manual transmission in 1st or 3rd and remove shift rod yoke bolt. Remove engine crossmember. Disconnect shift lever torque arm from manual transmission.
- Remove exhaust manifold-to-header pipe nuts. Push rack to extreme right (simulate a left turn). Remove gearbox brackets. Lower the gearbox so pinion shaft end comes out of frame hole.
- Rotate gearbox 180° forward until pinion shaft points rearward. Move gear right until left tie rod clears exhaust pipe. Remove through left side of vehicle.