pilot bearing

[bradsutherland]

99 ranger 2.5L 5 speed mdr1 tranny... what the hell am i doing wrong that i cant get the damn pilot bearing to go in... it's like 1/32 to big and i cant find anyone that carries a smaller one. i tried to drive the first one in and that was a bad idea, it made a lip on the edge i was driving from and the splines on the input shaft caught on it causeing my f*cking clutch to not disengage.
Please help im goin crazy without my truck.

 

[Mark_88]

did you check that the old bearing case was not in the pilot bearing hole still? Or something else, perhaps?

 

[tylerh]

is it a aftermarket clutch kit or ford oem i just did an oem clutch kit when i swaped to the 2.5 and it when in no prob