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the puller i have just pulled out the needle bearings and their races front and rear. there's very little lip on the back of the pilot bearing. can i very carefully cut it away? drill it ? any help appreciated!

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I read somewhere that you pack grease in the center and then use a wooden dowel or maybe a socket with tape around it, that just fits the hole and then use a hammer to tap the grease into the hole. This causes the grease to push the pilot bearing out.

[ April 28, 2007, 08:13 PM: Message edited by: truthseeker ]

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ended up drilling it out.

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[ April 29, 2007, 04:22 AM: Message edited by: street_illegal_stang ]
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Originally posted by street_illegal_stang:
thread or weld a stud in the bearing housing and bolt on a slide hammer.use map gas torch
to heat area around the housing,use keyboard co2 air spray to freeze the bearing housing itself,then slide that mofo out. [Razz]
Nevermind...i just read the last post [Roll Eyes]
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Use a dremmel and cutting wheels- cut the bearing in half the best you can and chisel it out is what I did. Kinda broke it in half.
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