Steering System - Power: Overhaul: Gearbox: Disassembly

Remove valve body from gearbox. Loosen dust boot clamps. Pull dust boots back away from gearbox cylinder. Bend back the tie rod lock washer tabs. Using a 19 mm wrench to hold the rack and a 17 mm wrench on the tie rod, remove tie rod from rack.
Push rack into cylinder to protect rack from scratching. Using Lock Nut Wrench (07916-SA50001), loosen rack guide screw lock nut. Remove rack guide screw, spring and rack guide.
On Integra models, remove 3 housing cap bolts. Remove housing cap. Remove "O" ring from housing cap. Remove 32 mm snap ring from universal joint side of pinion shaft.
Using a drift and mallet from the bottom of gearbox housing, lightly tap pinion shaft from gearbox housing. On Legend models, remove 4 dust seal cap bolts. Remove dust seal cap.
Remove 28 mm snap ring from bottom of gearbox housing. Working from top of pinion shaft, use a drift and mallet and lightly tap pinion shaft from gearbox housing. On both models, remove snap ring from pinion shaft.
Using a bearing puller, remove bearing from pinion shaft. Remove 4 cylinder-to-gearbox housing bolts. Remove cylinder, rack bushing and spring from gearbox housing. To remove cylinder end seal, push seal into cylinder by hand.
Remove cylinder barrel, seal retainer, cylinder cap and steering rack from gearbox housing. Remove "O" ring and retainer washer from gearbox housing. Remove snap ring.
Remove pinion holder and bearing from gearbox housing. Remove cylinder barrel and seal retainer from steering rack. Remove "O" ring, snap ring and cylinder cap from seal retainer. Remove "O" rings from cylinder cap.
NOTE: There are 2 types of back-up rings used in the seal retainer. The Brown back-up ring has no slit. The White back-up ring has a slit. Always replace with correct color code.
Remove rack bushing "B", back-up ring and end seal from seal retainer. Using a small screwdriver, carefully pry off piston seal ring from steering rack. Remove "O" ring from steering rack.