I posted this in the EF forum but haven't had any luck there so I thought maybe the regular posters here could shed some light on my situation

I'm rebuilding my manual steering rack in 88 crx hf. I have all the parts, bushing, bearing, dust cover ect..

I searched through tons of old threads but didn't come accros this particular problem, here it is.

The problem is I cannot get the pinion out of the rack. Per the manual it says to pull it out, but trust me this thing is not pulling out. Myself and a friend tried messing with it for some time and could not get it out.

I have the snap ring out so that isn't the problem. Is there any tips or special tricks on how to remove the pinion??

Any help would be appreciated, thanks guys.

 

 

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Thanks .

Anyone else have any input??