pilot bearing

mity2

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How do u get it old one out??

 

urban96

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i heard you can take a bar of soap, cut it into pieces that will fit inside there, then take a dowl of something round thats about the same size as the hole and tap it in with a hammer and keep adding more soap untill it presses the bearing out. then just scrape/wash out the soap

 

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soap sounds good. I was going to say bearing grease.

 

mity2

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press it out with soup?! you guys really comfusing me. is it pull out?

 

DCjuggalo

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mity2 said:

press it out with soup?! you guys really comfusing me. is it pull out?

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i tried the soap and rod on my 5.0 but the rod wasnt the right diamter, so i just used a drill to get it out, be careful though

 

urban96

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mity2 said:

press it out with soup?! you guys really comfusing me. is it pull out?

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chicken noodle soup!

 

forpit2000gt

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I have heard about grease and soap. I go fo using the slide hammer tool and saying a lot of awful things until it comes out.

 

BCB00GT

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forpit2000gt said:

I have heard about grease and soap. I go fo using the slide hammer tool and saying a lot of awful things until it comes out.

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Mine popped out easily with the correct tool - slide hammer. Free rental from autoparts stores.

 

forpit2000gt

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BCB00GT said:

Mine popped out easily with the correct tool - slide hammer. Free rental from autoparts stores.

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sometimes they do.

 

mity2

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HOw do u keep flywheel from spining while you torque the bolts?!?!?!?!

 

Tylerb59

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Have a friend hold onto the crank pulley bolt on the front of the engine with a wrench ... preferably a breaker bar for his sake.

Remember to go in a cross pattern when tightening these bolts and in steps ... last bolts you want to be off balance, and break from vibration.

 

Spiggs

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Put grease into the center of the pilot bearing. You may need to almost fill it up. Take the alignment tool provided with the new clutch kit, (or a metal rod of the same diameter) and just barely put it inside the pilot, then hit it with a hammer. The grease should act something like a hydraulic ram and push the pilot out. I use that trick at work in the maintenance shop all the time on S-10's.

 

mity2

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i got it out. my neigbor had pilot bearing removal kit laying around, and let me borrow it. Along with 30 gal aircompressor, impact wrentch, and tranny jack

 

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The greese method sounds like it would work; I used a pilot bearing remover tool when I replaced mine.

 

forpit2000gt

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mity2 said:

i got it out. my neigbor had pilot bearing removal kit laying around, and let me borrow it. Along with 30 gal aircompressor, impact wrentch, and tranny jack

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stay in good with that neighbor. What clutch are you going with?

 

timeless2

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forpit2000gt said:

stay in good with that neighbor. What clutch are you going with?

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No kidding--is your neighbor an established mechanic?

 

mity2

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git-it-83 said:

No kidding--is your neighbor an established mechanic?

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recently retired mechanic

 

Pearl02

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On my Mazda B4000 once I had the flywheel off, I used a old socket that was the same size and a hammer to tap it out. Pearl02.

 

CanadaStang

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The grease trick works very well. When installing the new pilot bearing, put it in your frezzer for a few hours. The bearing will shrink enough from the cold to allow it to slid in a lot easier. Make sure you grease it up good before you tap it in with a wood dowl so as to not damage it.