pilot bearing removal...

[84CRUISER]

74fj40, I work at Castle Rock Imports off of Meadows Parkway, try to get it to me Ill get it out. Leave me some $$ for collateral and you can borrow my pilot bearing puller.

[kvanoort]

Originally Posted by ranger

This method has worked flawlessly many times over. The hydraulic method was hit and miss, and was usually another mess to clean up!

I just used the homemade pilot bearing puller method and it worked great! What would I do without MUD?

[Fast Eddy]

Originally Posted by kvanoort

What would I do without MUD?

[Hugh Heifer]

Originally Posted by kvanoort

I just used the homemade pilot bearing puller method and it worked great! What would I do without MUD?

Didn't work for me. My bearing was nothing much more then a race and smooth as the inside wall of the crank so there was nothing to catch on. I had to cut what was left with a dremel. It was not pretty.

[BELMONT148]

That's funny Dan. I am actually going to try this bread method, but I will have a carriage bolt on standby just in case.

Jeremy

[BELMONT148]

Just so everyone knows, the bread method worked flawlessly. The carriage bolt did not work for me. Was a big PITA, and took way longer to get everything set up.

Stuffed it full of bread, used a 3/8" extension with electrical tape wrapped around it for a seal and drove it in. Popped right out. I wrapped a layer of tape sticky side out first so that the extension would act as a plunger when hit and the tape would stay sealed around the bearing. I had to pull it out once and stuff more bread in to get it all the way out, but it worked great. Never would have had thought. And easy clean up too.

Thanks
Jeremy

[cruiser boy]

Hmm.....interesting......I'll have to get a loaf of bread for my toolbox...the guys at work will love this...hehe..this place is great!!!

[Rocky_LC]

"Leveraging" off the .39 cent carriage bolt idea....

Instead of a socket, use the hole in a crowbar / prybar. It rests perfectly on the raised flywheel alignment ring on the crank.

Tighten, Leverage it out. Took 5 minutes to make the bolt, and 15 sec to pull the bearing.

Yesterday - it wouldn't budge.

PS. Shoot some PB Blaster in there first. That probably helped too.





Rocky

[island45]

On my last 2f i did one very much like the carraige bolt, but this is how it went. I took a hex head bolt that wouldnt quite fit in the hole 'head first'. First i ground it to round or close to it. then with the bolt vertical, 'heads up' in my vise, I cut a kerf with a hacksaw about 3/4 of an inch deep, down the length through the head of the bolt. Next I hacksawed a quick wedge, like in a hammer head, off a piece of scrap bar stock. It went from zero to maybe 3/16 or 1/4 at the thick end and was about an inch long. Simple so far... I set the wedge finger tight in the saw kerf and inserted the rounded bolt head through the center of the pilot bearing. Protecting the threads with a nut, I drove the bolt home into the bore of the crank with a brass hammer. The wedge, bottoming out, was driven deep into the bolt head, and expanded it very nicely behind the bearing. I then used the same socket and nut routine as the guys mentioned here. Us woodworkers call that routine a 'blind trunnel'.

[Radish150]

[quote=BELMONT148;2552376]Just so everyone knows, the bread method worked flawlessly. The carriage bolt did not work for me. Was a big PITA, and took way longer to get everything set up.

Yup, meetoo. Try it, its about the only thing white bread is good for! I had to pack it once more after it came out part way and made more space for more bread, but just a few whacks with a hammer and out it comes.

cheers
Mark...

[Trollhole]

My homemade crap. Worked great. It's all about the hook.