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Posted by 87Back-N-Black (Member # 325) on
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Does anyone have one or know a good way to remove the pilot bearing???
Posted by TOPnotch (Member # 1340) on
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Yeah they do have a puller for that. A local tool store or rental place should have it.
Posted by 87Back-N-Black (Member # 325) on
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does anyone know of a store like that??? (NOT AUTO ZONE) they have the puller but it needs a slide hammer and of coarse they dont have that
Posted by Black94 5.0 (Member # 655) on
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Kragen have a pilot bearing puller...Its not the slide hammer one, and they should have one availible for rent...
Posted by Luke87GT (Member # 21) on
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I used a slide hammer without any luck... I have a number of friends that also tried the slide hammer method only to fail.
The only way that worked for me was to break it up with a hammer and chissel until it collapsed. The metal on the outer lip breaks up rather easily.
Luke
Posted by GR40Coupe (Member # 698) on
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yeah it took me about 30 minutes to get mine out with a chissle and hammer pain in the ass. But it can be done with some patience and time.
[ May 14, 2003, 06:05 PM: Message edited by: GR40Coupe ]
Posted by IKE (Member # 435) on
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I to have used the slide hammer method. On Fasterdamnit's car and we had to stick a wedge in the middle to spread it better to get more of a bite... That is the trick to it!!!
Posted by rob (Member # 50) on
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dont' try harder, try smarter!
pack the inside of the pilot bearing with axle grease or bearing grease and use a punch that fits inside snugly, whack at it (pounding the grease into the center of the bearing) with a hammer and the bearing pops right out
hydraulics...
good luck, hope i expained it clearly enough
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