Pilot bearing and bushings
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( VEHICLE NEED TO BE ON A GOOD LEVEL SURFACE ) | ( VEHICLE NEED TO BE ON A GOOD LEVEL SURFACE ) | ||
After the transmission has been removed and cleared from the vehicle and you will remove the flexplate/flywheel. | After the transmission has been removed and cleared from the vehicle and you will remove the flexplate/flywheel. | ||
| − | Then if you look at the end | + | Then if you look at the end of the crankshaft you will see the bushing it is where the shaft of the transmission will ride when installed. |
The nose of the shaft sits inside the bearing. | The nose of the shaft sits inside the bearing. | ||
* Ok now you can either rent or buy a puller for this it's a small slide hammer puller with fingers on it that you will place in the bearing and use it to pull the bearing out. | * Ok now you can either rent or buy a puller for this it's a small slide hammer puller with fingers on it that you will place in the bearing and use it to pull the bearing out. | ||
| − | *If you do not have | + | *If you do not have access to a puller here are a few other way's of removing the bearing. |
| − | *You can fill the center of the bearing with grease and find something that is almost the same size as the bearing and place it in throught the center of the bearing and take a hammer and hit whatever you are using and the force with the grease behind the bearing will force it out. You might have to hit it pretty hard and more then once but it will come out. ( SAFETY NOTICE | + | *You can fill the center of the bearing with grease and find something that is almost the same size as the bearing and place it in throught the center of the bearing and take a hammer and hit whatever you are using and the force with the grease behind the bearing will force it out. You might have to hit it pretty hard and more then once but it will come out. ( SAFETY NOTICE WHEN USING SOMETHING LIKE GREASE PLEASE WEAR YOUR SAFTY GLASSES THE FORCE OF THE GREASE CAN CUT THE SKIN OR EVEN PUT YOUR EYE OUT AND WATCH OUT FOR FLYING PIECES OF METAL ALSO ). |
* Another method is you can fill the center of the bearing with wet toilet paper and use the same process as above. | * Another method is you can fill the center of the bearing with wet toilet paper and use the same process as above. | ||
*You can also use a old shaft that has been cut from a old transmission. You will have to do some modification to the old shaft though. | *You can also use a old shaft that has been cut from a old transmission. You will have to do some modification to the old shaft though. | ||
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