perfect. now to see if i have any old ones laying around. thanks for the help. now if i could just get the pilot bearing out, i would have it made.Grn92LX said:You can use old head bolts to bolt it to the stand, you'll just need some washers to space the bolt out a bit as a head bolt is a little too long.
the problem is, all that stuff is still in the car and i need the crate motor on the stand. my only option at this point is to buy new hardware.Purple95 said:I'm not quite sure of the exact size and thread of the bolts for the engine stand but I used the bolts that mount the tranny to the engine on mine and the were a perfect fit. I don't have a clue on what bolts to use on the bracket.
Green 94 5.0 said:perfect. now to see if i have any old ones laying around. thanks for the help. now if i could just get the pilot bearing out, i would have it made.
my pilot bearing problem isnt that simple. it is an eagle crank and the bearing is snug against the inside of the crank. there is no space to use a bearing remover, slide hammer, or hydraulic pressure. the only soace behind the bearing is the 2 notches on the back to let you use a puller. i am in the process of grinding the jaws down on the puller i have to get it to grab the back of the bearing. talk about a royal PITA.Black95GTS said:I've been down the pilot bearing road before. The whole trick is to use hydraulic pressure. Take a bar of soap and jam in as much as you can till you can't any more. Then take something that fits in the hole, and hammer that soap in as much as possible. Repeat, putting more and more soap shavings through the pilot bearing until you can't fit any more back there. THen keep hammering the soap in farther.
What will happen is that the soap will put so much pressure on the backside of the pilot bearing as you compress the soap that it will be forced out.
Spent about 45 minutes with a slide hammer before Google showed me the light. Took about 2/3 a bar of soap.
Adam
ace hardware is the best. the one on johnson st. and university dr. has never let me down when i have been looking for grade 8 hardware.legalize420 said:i got the grade 8 bolts from ace for a buck each
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