Next item on the menu is the reverse idler gear...I removed the reverse switch..oh, and I almost forgot; when you pull, the side cover, there is a spring and ball which serves to position the reverse lever..don't lose that! I will get a pic of that tonight and where/how it is located. Anyways, so the manual shows a nice fancy tool to remove the reverse gear shaft...I made my own ghetto version lol. I didn't waste time making it pretty, I just wanted the shaft out! So using my ghetto tool I pressed, the shaft out the back of the case
The manual:

My ghetto variation of the tool:

And shaft and gear out of the case: