Pilot bushing replacement

[Brett240]

what do you do when that bitch REALLY doesn't want to come out?

buy a new car

[Brett240]

ok if you cant afford one...

what about this? tap a thread into the bush, run a bolt into it then use a slide hammer to bang the sucker out.

im not saying do this or if ti would work, just an idea. but hey if your deperate...

[e_racer1999]

^^may have to do it.....

[First Gen Z]

Cold chisel and 2 lb hammer. Not the easiest way but if all else fails it works. Just be careful not to beat up the crank bore.

[Bambikiller240]

what do you do when that bitch REALLY doesn't want to come out?

How have you tried to remove it so far?

Is it a bronze bushing, or a Steel Roller Bearing?

[e_racer1999]

bronze bushing. i tried with the clutch centering tool (and grease) and with a socket and extension with grease....

[Bambikiller240]

bronze bushing. i tried with the clutch centering tool (and grease) and with a socket and extension with grease....

Although others have had good luck with that method, I have not. As mentioned in other posts, I use a small chisel and a hammer, AND A LOT OF CARE. I gouge two grooves into the bushing, avoiding damaging the crankshaft and then use a small screwdriver to "pick" the pieces of bushing out of the hole in the crankshaft. It seldom takes more than 10-15 minutes to accomplish, but CARE is more important than SPEED when I do this.

Good Luck, and take your time if you try this method

[beandip]

If your slide hammer has a puller , just use one and pull it that way . What Bambi said about the grease and socket works , what he dident till you is that the socket you use must just slide into he hole . so when you put the socket on the extention backwards it makes a sort of plug and when you tap on the extention the grease forces the bushing out . I would use the chisel as a last resort. gary :rambo:

[Bambikiller240]

I think that was explained earlier in the thread.

Post #8

If you don't want to try the hammer and chisel method, pack the bushing with grease, find a socket that just barely fits into the bushing. Install the socket backwards on an extension, then tap (hard) the socket into the grease filled bushing to compress the grease and force out the bushing.

I have tried it multiple times and it's never worked for me, but I know several people who have had success with it. So it's worth a try, but it doesn't work for everyone.

I'm so used to the hammer and chisel method that I don't even bother to try the other method anymore. Once you've used the chisel method a time or two, it's no longer a worry as you know the pitfalls and you simply avoid them.

[e_racer1999]

ya, i did the chisel and hammer method. WORKED!

[ecp48]

Use a pilot bearing puller. Two arms slide into the bushing, crank down the threaded retainer and use the slide hammer to pull it out.