Rebuilding a S4C box: gear puller?

[kraiye]

Gonna have a crack at doing synchros this weekend. Any one know what size gear puller I'd need? - Also any any hints/tips etc would be greatly appreciated.

[tinkerbell]

i never knew a gear puller was required?

i rebuilt an s80 without one...

[Bowzer]

butane gas torch otherwise you can use a hydraulic press

[Slaz]

A puller isnt required, nor heat????????

[wynode]

Gearpull isn't very expensive and would definitely help. So will a bit of heat with the gearpuller.

Make sure you take some pics please and a DIY would be great!

EDIT: There is a DIY for pulling a D-series apart on Ozhonda.

[Limbo]

s4c is the vtir integra box right?
I've seen all the hydro boxes without the need for a puller.

Do a search there is a link out there with steps on how to rebuild it i use to have it but its at home

[kraiye]

thanks guys. i usually dont have much luck with this stuff so i'll prolly end up needing one. lol.
will try and do DIY but dont hold your breath cause i've never done a box before. have printed the gearbox section of an EK manual so hopefully that'll help.
thanks limbo, i havent been able to find much at all on rebuilding a b-series box but i'm sure d-series would be similar.
there was a thread on another forum once where someone in the states was talking a south african dude (i think) through building a gearbox. wish i could remember where i saw it!!

[tinkerbell]

the factory service manual explains perfectly how to rebuild the gearbox?

it's pretty hard to stuff up if you have a clean work area, plenty of solvents, a good set of measuring devices and nice organised methodology...

[kraiye]

thanks tinkerbell. so do you have a factory service manual for me?? i'm not worried about stuffing it up, just checking what exactly I'm gonna need.

btw, box is out and partially in pieces. turns out u can only get part of the shafts apart without a puller or press so looks like i'm going shopping tomorrow!

BTW, when i first removed the box from the engine bay a small spring fell out. any ideas where the hell it would have come from?????

[Limbo]

http://www.outlawatvclub.com/users/steve/civic/howto/honda_tranny_how_to.html

try this, its a LSD install but it tell u how to pull the box apart and put ti back together

[kraiye]

thanks limbo, nice find.

that snap ring is a complete pain in the butt!!

[aaronng]

Hope you have a good snap ring plier. Not the crappy ones that have interchangeable heads.

Good does not have to be expensive. My $17 trojan snap ring plier is so much better than the crappy $20 Kincrome one with interchangeable heads (tips bend and break when you undo beefy snap rings).

[bennjamin]

snap ring isnt too hard.

needle nose pliers work fine....jsut need to balance them in place while you lever the casing to crack the seal. Abit of practice easy.

[tinkerbell]

thanks tinkerbell. so do you have a factory service manual for me??

no, but the internet does:

http://www.hondahookup.com/manuals

the 98-01 Acura Integra service manual is the one to use...

[tinkerbell]

<- needle nose pliers user here too!

[89lude]

try this it might help you out
http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2443459

[na-118]

dont worry about gear puller rubber mallet is good

[Limbo]

only thing u need a press for is the bearing on the spider gear/LSD