This was a pain to change.

[edekalil]

Pilot bearing, boy that was a pain to get out. I had screwed it all up tring to use the puller tool. Had to cut a couple of grooves and get it to collapse to loosen up.

Never changed one befor, the new one whent in fine. Got to the coffee shop and a old fella told me that if I filled the aera up in where the pilot bearing is with greese and had a shaft the size of the pilot bearing I could slip it into the pilot bearing and tap it with a hammer and the bearing would be pushed out with the grease. Thought that was a cool trick.

[flatcat19]

The brass ones in most older cars...I slice with a screwdriver and take it out in two pieces. Easy. 

 

 

The grease trick works-sometimes. 

[datzenmike]

Don't use grease. Use a bar of Ivory soap it's cleaner.

 

then

 

Don't use Ivory soap... takes too long

 

Split with screwdriver and fish out the pieces faster than you can read this post. (I invented this)

[flatcat19]

I was doing that way before Ratsun was a thing. 

[datzenmike]

... and I was in Bagdad while you were in your dad's bag.

[flatcat19]

I was conceived in Iraq?

[datzenmike]

ha ha ha

 

 

yes I admit it...... you were made in the dark.

[thisismatt]

Mike bagged your dad with a screwdriver?

[flatcat19]

Mike is father figure. 

[maltese]

Mike is Luke's father...

[flatcat19]

Mike is father to Walter Jr.

[Draker]

I've used the grease method, it works well. All depends on how snug the dowel is to apply pressure on the grease.

 

I've used the screw driver method too.. Just depends on what you have handy at the time.