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20. Time to remove the axles, Remove the damper fork nut, and damper pinch bolt, then remove the damper fork. Refer to the picture below



21. Now you need to remove the cotter pin on the lower ball joint, and then remove the castle nut. Take a hammer, and your ball joint separator tool and separate the ball joint, this will allow you to move the hub freely.



22. Now you have 2 options, you can take a hammer, and a punch and beat on the axle for however long it takes to pop the axle out of the hub, On my crx the axle was seized so after 30 minutes of beating on it, I drank a beer and decided maybe there is a tool I could use to do this for me, So I trekked up to AutoZone and rented this tool. It cost me a 50.00 deposit. I got home, hooked it up, and within 2 minutes the axle was popped out, basically it’s a press and it presses the axle out. Took the tool back got my 50.00



23. Now you need to remove the axle from the Tranny, don’t pull on the axle, unless u want to throw it away. Pry on it with something that has a good edge. It will come out.

24. Now repeat these same exact steps for the other side.

25. Now remove the vacuum hoses off your intake manifold, and look over the engine to see if any hoses or anything is hooked up that might need to be disconnected. If needed disconnect the hoses etc..

26. Next pull you engine hoist over the motor, and attach the chains to the motor like it is displayed in the manual. And follow the rest of the steps mentioned on this page.



27. Okay congratulations, you have pulled your motor out, this is the easiest part of the entire swap. Now here comes the fun stuff.