how do you remove the pilot bearing?

[Hawk1339]

What captanron said... The cheapie Harbor freight slide hammer. Part of the kit is an holder with locking pins and two different sizes of "fingers". I used the longer of the fingers, slid those inside the bearing one at a time, attached them to the holder, and with about three or four whacks the bearing came out. This setup looks exactly like the photo a couple of posts up.

 

[mdknightman]

I know this is an old post but I had the same problem.

I have a 93 2.3l with the bearing in the crankshaft.

I tried to rent a pilot bearing puller at O'Reilleys/Kragens like shown but it was too large to fit into the 2.3 bearing.

I tried the grease and bolt and it didn't work and I tried to colapse the outer shell and all I did was break off the outer flange and scar up the crank.

I went online and harbor freight had a puller set for 50.00 Slide Hammer and Bearing Puller Set Item #95987 http://www.harborfreight.com/blind-hole-bearing-puller-95987.html and I was going to have to order it online when I happened to go to my local Autozone and they had the samething for rent only there it was called OEM/Blind Hole Puller Set http://www.autozone.com/autozone/accessories/OEM-Blind-Hole-Puller-Set/_/N-2647?counter=0&filterByKeyWord=blind+hole+puller&fromString=search&itemIdentifier=391362_0_0_


It was 171.00 deposit to get it (you get it all back- no cost to rent the tool) and even as messed up as mine was I was able to use the second size and put it all the way through the bearing expand it all the way, 2 slides of the hammer and it was out.

I worked on that thing for 4 hrs yesterday and today with the right tool it took me 5 min.

Like they always say it all comes down to the right tool for the job.


Hope this helps the next person down the line.

 

[queequeg]

witness

Yes, I'll testify confirming midknightman's statement above.

If your Ranger has the needle bearing, as opposed to the simpler (better?) bushing for a pilot, and it has weathered a few winters like my '96 and his '93, there is no point in trying any of the other clever tricks. I have personally succeeded on a few other vehicles, including several massive 9L/18spd Freightliner diesel tractors, using the greazy squeezy gag mentioned a couple of times earlier in the thread.
Not so much here, though. The outer race of our Rangers' little pilot bearing is made of metal too similar to the crank in which it sits. Given a decade or so alone in there to find out how much they have in common, they've inevitably fallen in love and eloped to Seize-ville.
Save yourself a nightmare and a half by getting your hands on one of those cheap slide hammers before you even put your ride on the jack stands. I certainly wish I had done it that way.

 

[pillen140]

Yeah, best rental ever is renting one of those after messing around the other ways... it makes you want to punch yourself in the face fir not just going out and buying/renting one to begin with.

 

[Kevincoffey13]

Believe it or not loaf bread works better then grease. No joke and I used grease and the tap method before

 

[Kevincoffey13]

You do the same thing as the grease and a smaller bolt then the hole in the bushing but use bread. For doubterslook it up on YouTube

 

[adsm08]

I generally use TNT, 1/8 stick.

Postin' from teh Galaxy

 

[snoranger]

Believe it or not loaf bread works better then grease. No joke and I used grease and the tap method before

F' that... I'm not wasting my lunch to get a pilot bearing out.

 

[Kevincoffey13]

Lol I know a colonial bread rep so I get all the stale bread I want

 

[Kevincoffey13]

Heck ima fat boy so I'd have to be hard up to use my actual sandwich

 

[Kevincoffey13]

http://youtu.be/nkRmKWktW70