Pilot Bearing removal

[NPdarkside21]

1999 3.0L Manual transmission pilot bearing removal. Any suggestions?

 

[Curious Hound]

The most common suggestion is this; find or whittle a dowel that fits the inner diameter of the pilot bearing fairly close but not tight. Fill (almost) the inner cavity of the pilot bearing with bread or a medium thick grease. Start the dowel i to the cavity and use a hammer to drive it in. That uses " hydraulic pressure" to drive the bearing out. It works well. May not work for everyone. But it is a good method that will not destroy anything.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I believe pack it with grease and use a wood dowel and a hammer is generally a common method. Bread works but most people that have used it don’t recommend doing it again. Or use a puller. My F-150 had one that was so stuck I had to grind through it with a carbide burr and collapse it with a chisel. That wasn’t fun.

 

[Curious Hound]

Here is an example of what I mentioned above. I whistled my stick out of some brass rod.

1993 Splash in SC

Oh, why didn't anyone tell me there is absolutely no way I could do a clutch job in one day by myself? Other than taking a lot of time, it's going well. Everything is out, the new rear main seal is installed, flywheeel is bolted on waiting for me to find the torque specs, new slave cylinder and...

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[SenorNoob]

Here is an example of what I mentioned above. I whistled my stick out of some brass rod.

You whistled brass rod? How does that work?

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

You whistled brass rod? How does that work?

I was wondering that myself

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Its kind of like dowsing for water...

 

[Curious Hound]

You whistled brass rod? How does that work?

"Whittled".

Why do I have to uncorrect autocorrect so often?

 

[arse_sidewards]

Socket, hammer and bread. You can use grease but bread works way better and doesn't make as much of a mess.

 

[sgtsandman]

I guess that I've been lucky. I've been able to use a slide hammer with the hook attachment successfully and the bearing came right out.

 

[NPdarkside21]

I ended up spending the money on a "blind bearing removal tool" and it worked like a charm after the bread and grease tricks did not. Cost was about 60$ on amazon compared to 125$ on RockAuto and over 150$ at some other places. I doubt it will hold up well after some time but I don't plan on using it that often.

 

[pjtoledo]

that beats being up in there with a Dremel for an hour.

 

[broncc]

bread and a bell housing bolt did it for me!