Crappy aftermarket alt. bites the dust!

It's a long story, but through no fault of mine I ended up with two aftermarket reman alternators, both of which died quickly. Details later if anyone wants to know them.

I have just purchased a genuine Honda reman, which I will pick up and install tomorrow morning from a local Acura dealer.

Now, to the meat of the matter...

I am doing this job myself, but have never removed a driveshaft.

I'm hoping someone can give me some tips on removal of my left driveshaft, which is necessary for alternator replacement on the 1991 Acura Integra.

Question 1: The factory shop manual specifies the need to entirely remove the damper fork. Seems to me all I'd need to do is undo the pinch bolt at the bottom of the fork. After popping the balljoint, the driveshaft should drop out the bottom of the fork, no?

Question 2: How do I push the driveshaft splines out of the hub? A rubber mallet? A puller? Driveshaft was last removed from hub five months ago.

Thanks for any help.

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Tegger wrote in news:Xns98F1BBB1551D9tegger@207.14.116.130:

I figured it out myself.

The new Honda alternator is now humming happily to itself, producing a rosy

14.4 volts at idle.

I'm happy.

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Tegger wrote in news:Xns98F28CC4C1BD6tegger@207.14.116.130:

Now that I've actually done this, it appears you don't even need to remove the pinch bolt. The inner CV joint withdraws easily through the damper fork. These are aftermarket shafts, so maybe the inner joint is smaller than OEM Honda ones.

I probably could have pushed it out with my fingers, it came out that easily. A light tap with a rubber mallet and out she came.

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