Pilot bearing and bushings

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(alternate method for pilot bushing(brass))
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*They make a slide hammer with expandable fingers; it would be the safest way for the removal.  
 
*They make a slide hammer with expandable fingers; it would be the safest way for the removal.  
 
*If you can't find a tool to use to fit the bearing, you can use a 3 inch 1/2 Inch drive extension to place in the center of the bearing and force it out. But by all means if you can use the small fingered slide hammer, do so.
 
*If you can't find a tool to use to fit the bearing, you can use a 3 inch 1/2 Inch drive extension to place in the center of the bearing and force it out. But by all means if you can use the small fingered slide hammer, do so.
   If you have a brass or bronze pilot bushing, an alternate method can be used as well. Use a tap and cut threads into the bushing. Then screw in a bolt and bottom it out inside the bushing so it contacts the crank. Then just keep on turning and it will pull the bushing out.Works real well if you have a tap where as you may not have a piece of stock to fit the bearing inside diameter.It is a little safer as it takes the hammer out of the equation.   
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*If you have a brass or bronze pilot bushing, an alternate method can be used as well. Use a tap and cut threads into the bushing. Then screw in a bolt and bottom it out inside the bushing so it contacts the crank. Then just keep on turning and it will pull the bushing out.Works real well if you have a tap where as you may not have a piece of stock to fit the bearing inside diameter.It is a little safer as it takes the hammer out of the equation.   
  
 
This process will work on whatever vehicle you are working on that has a manual transmission.
 
This process will work on whatever vehicle you are working on that has a manual transmission.

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