|
Author
|
Topic: pilot bearing
|
cees87drop
¯
Member # 4066
|
posted
 
 
Is there any special trick in getting out the pilot bearing? The one in my car seems to be stuck. i tried that tool that is supposed to hammer it out but no luck. Any advice would be helpful. thanks.
Posts: 855 | From: san jose | Registered: Jan 2004
| :
|
|
5OHS5OH
¯
Member # 4665
|
posted
Someone here told me about this and it worked. Wet a bunch of toilet paper and fill it in all in and around the pilot bearing. Get the right sized socket to fit inside the pilot bearing hole and hit it with a mallet. The force of the water in the soaked tp gathers beind the bearing and forces it out.
--------------------
89 Convertable GT
BBK Headers, cai
Posts: 1044 | From: San Bruno | Registered: Jul 2004
| :
|
|
87thriller
¯
Member # 5002
|
posted
i went to kragen and rented there pilot bearing puller for $6.00 ........remember theres to small slots in the pilot bearing that those pullers grip into when your pulling it out. Good luck ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
Posts: 38 | From: Daly city | Registered: Nov 2004
| :
|
|
rudeone707
¯
Member # 3457
|
posted
Dude, dont use toilet paper or grease. you will just hae a big mess on your hand. I know a guy who works in a shop and he tells me worst case scenario on these bearings was using a pneumatic saw blade to cut into the bearing(being careful not to hit the crank)then they would chisel the rest out. In my own personal experience, I didn't have a pneumatic saw so i drilled out each side of the bearing and chiselles it out.
--------------------
agp707.com
Posts: 190 | From: Fairfield | Registered: Oct 2003
| :
|
|
cees87drop
¯
Member # 4066
|
posted
quote:
Originally posted by rudeone707:
Dude, dont use toilet paper or grease. you will just hae a big mess on your hand. I know a guy who works in a shop and he tells me worst case scenario on these bearings was using a pneumatic saw blade to cut into the bearing(being careful not to hit the crank)then they would chisel the rest out. In my own personal experience, I didn't have a pneumatic saw so i drilled out each side of the bearing and chiselles it out.
This sounds like what i am going to have to do ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Posts: 855 | From: san jose | Registered: Jan 2004
| :
|
|
Joooestang66
¯
Member # 2828
|
posted
A run of the mill slide hammer kit should do the job. Just heat that bitch up and yank it out.
--------------------
"Don't Drive Faster Than your Guardian Angel Can Fly..... Well My Guardian Angel Can Fly Pretty Fuc*ing Fast!!!"
Posts: 581 | From: Elk Grove | Registered: May 2003
| :
|
|
cees87drop
¯
Member # 4066
|
posted
quote:
Originally posted by Joooestang66:
A run of the mill slide hammer kit should do the job. Just heat that bitch up and yank it out.
That is what i was using. how do you heat it up and wouldn't that make it expand creating a tighter fit.
Posts: 855 | From: san jose | Registered: Jan 2004
| :
|
|
sdnme
New Member
Member # 5076
|
posted
I had a persistant on on my 93 5.0 took a bar of soap and cut chunks and start forcing them in with a hammer and 1/2 extension, came out in about 3 minutes
Posts: 7 | Registered: Nov 2004
| :
|
|
JohnB
Tech Moderator
Member # 969
|
posted
Plasma Cutter. 'nuff said! ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
--------------------
1965 Shelby Cobra
1993 Cobra
2012 F150 Raptor
2020 GT500
Posts: 6523 | From: Orlando FL/Redding CA | Registered: Mar 2002
| :
|
|
Email this post to someone!
Printer friendly view of this Ford topic
