I'm getting a B16ASiR1 motor for my 90 CRX DX, and i'm trying to plan out this swap as much as possible so that I can get it done in a timely manner. i want to do it right though. My friend just recently attempted to pull his b18c1 out of his civic, and told me that he got everything unbolted and disconnected except for where the linkage hooks up in the joint, there's a pin that needs to be taken out that he just can't get out. I've been to other websites before that have addressed that pin and said that a "special tool" is needed in order to get that pin out, but they never state what tool is needed. Can anybody give me some info as to what i can use?

 

any round tool (same diameter as the pin) and hammer away...only way to get it out I think...that's a real pain to take out too...good luck.

 

I know just what your looking for:

https://honda-tech.com/zerosearch and http://www.google.com

 

Lol, that's not really helping, sir. I've already been to other websites. I wanted a straightforward answer from a human being. Thanks for trying to help though

 

hey dude..i believe the tool you're talking about is a punch tool..make sure it has a flat head on it..you take the rubber boot back to reveal a clip, take the clip off and then hammer out the pin with the punch..if i remember right it's 8 mm.

 

Awesome, thanks! I just found out that it's called a center punch

 

OMG i see posts like this everday on here, why cant people just learn to use the search functoin

 

Probably because it's an instructional forum, so when people come to it, they expect to be able to ask questions about things they don't know and not get ridiculed by someone who probably started out the exact same way but forgets that he was once in the same position

 

Its kool, we all gotta learn somehow

 

well shoot, it's not like i'm completely oblivious to this kind of stuff, i've just never done a swap and didn't know what the tool was that i would need to get the pin out of the linkage. That's a legitimate question..it's not like I asked anybody how to stop the rattle from the trunk or anything

 

Its an 8mm punch. I was just looking at that it the Helms. And that is the most frustrating part of any swap, I think. That damn pin doesn't want to leave.

 

thats why they call it the b*tch pin