I dont know if I'd tear the motor down. just remember the refrigerant lines need to be evacuated if you do remove the motor. I would just leave the motor alone. The bell housing bolts arent too bad to access if you get the air box and stuff out of the way. The starter will have to come as well as the plastic flywheel cover. Once the subfram is out of their, its easy to access these. one bell housing bolt comes from the opposite direction and can be accessed with a swivel on the socket and some extensions. You can unbolt the rack and pinion from the subframe and just leave it in the car. remember when your done, since the subframe was just removed, you need to do an alignment.