Steering Gearbox Removal and Installation: Notes

Special Tools Required 

• Ball Joint Thread Protector, 12 mm 07AAF-SDAA100
• Ball Joint Remover, 28 mm 07MAC-SL0A202
• Subframe Adapter VSB02C000016*

  * Available through the Honda Tool and Equipment Program, 888-424-6857.

Note these items during removal:

• Using clean solvent and a brush, wash any oil and dirt off the valve body unit, it's lines, and the end of the steering gearbox. Blow dry with compressed air.
• Lower the front subframe from the body, and remove the steering gearbox through the gap produced by lowering the front subframe.