Acura 3.5 RL Manual page 680

3. Wipe off the grease to expose the driveshaft and
the outboard joint inner race.
4. Mark the driveshaft at the same position of the out-
board joint end with paint.
PAINT MARK
5. Carefully clamp the driveshaft in a vise.
THREADED ADAPTER, 24 x 1.5 mm
07XAC-001020A
OUTBOARD JOINT
6. Remove the outboard joint using the special tool
and a commercially available 5/8" x 18 slide ham-
mer.
DRIVESHAFT
OUTBOARD JOINT
END
SLIDE HAMMER
5/8" x 18
(Commercially
available)
7. Remove the driveshaft from the vise.
8. Remove the stop ring from the driveshaft.
DRIVESHAFT
STOP RING
Replace.
9. Wrap the splines on the driveshaft with vinyl tape to
prevent damage to the boot.
10. Remove the outboard boot. Take care not to dam-
age the boot.
11. Remove the vinyl tape.
VINYL
TAPE