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B*tch Pin and drive axles
The pin is in, and it was "easy" with a method I devised. I got a nail that could thread through tube/pin with room to spare and a head large enough to cover the tube/pin's opening. I inserted that from the bottom. The nail poked out the top of the shifter linkage about an inch. I stabbed a small piece of wine cork onto the top of the nail so the pin/tube could be held in place hands-free. Then I wacked it good and hard a bunch of times, and inside about 2 minutes, the nail had dropped to the ground as the cork came off and the pin had slid into place.
Then the drive axles would not go in due to the dry dry condition of the insert spot on the CX transmission. I greased it, cleaned out the area with a tooth brush, and called my auto parts store to ask them to check if the DX drive axles fit the CX (they do). No luck. So I hit the whole insert area with WD-40 and have resolved to let it loosen the crud overnight. I ride the bus to work tomorrow and try again in the evening.
Damn, I hope this transmission is the solution to the bearing noise!!
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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