i replaced my clutch and slave cylinder over thanksgiving....truck shifts nice and smooth now.....BUT,

during the repair, everything was going smooth until i finally got everything apart and went to replace the pilot bearing in the crankshaft....
that little bastard would not come out!!

i used screwdrivers, chisels and even a small propane torch to heat it up,
it wouldn't budge.

after 5 hours (no joke) i finally decided to use my dremel and a small bit to cut at it, which finally got it out.

Are there any special tools or techniques i could have used to get that bearing out any quicker or more easily????

 

If the pilot bearing is the thing Im thinking of, My dad always told me you put a bunch of grease in and around it it, then you get something to put against it, hit it with a hammer and the grease pushes the bearing out.

I hope you can kinda get what Im saying, I cant remember exactly how he explained it.

 

use a puller?




my pilot bearing is pressed into the flywheel...idk about yours. I pulled the flywheels for machining, when i got it back, i used a socket and hammer to get the pilot out...install i also used a socket and hammer.

 

its an old lima 2.3....

true...most the ones i've seen have been in the flywheel too

this one in the crank really threw me off and it was a real pain in the @$$

 

i used a slide hammer puller

 

yea, a blind hole puller on a slide hammer works wonderfully for it. pops it right out.

 

A coulple of hits with the slide hammer does the trick

 

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Theres a lot of ways to use grease to remove the bearing, (Ive also heard of using wet newspaper), but this seems like the most sano. I used a slide hammer on mine, but this might have come in handy.