Remove Pilot Bearing With Grease?
08-08-2008, 07:28 AM
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Remove Pilot Bearing With Grease? will this old method work?
I borrowed my friends bearing puller with a slide hammer and the end of the tool was to wide to fit in the pilot bearing
but I thought I read that the grease method wouldn't work for some reason??
I borrowed my friends bearing puller with a slide hammer and the end of the tool was to wide to fit in the pilot bearing
but I thought I read that the grease method wouldn't work for some reason??
08-08-2008, 07:31 AM
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The old grease trick won't work, neither will bread etc. Behind the pilot bearing is simply a freeze plug that will be pushed in. Just get a dremel and cut that bearing to small pieces or find a smaller puller.
08-08-2008, 08:42 AM
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Hmmm yea I'm researching this and I'm beginning to think i just got lucky as hell when i did it because that freeze plug did not budge at all for me. I just don't understand why my Haynes repair manual would tell me to use this method given the risk???
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DONT DO IT!!!
i followed the haynes manuel, and guess what... yup the freeze plug pushed it, but i was fortunate enough that i was able to get it and put it back ( alot of time and a whole hell of alot of cursing and bitching!). lucky me it never leaked. either that or i didnt give it enough time to leak before i spun #7 and decided a 4" crank was my next upgrade..
let me recap... DONT DO IT, either get another end for the bearing puller or dremel it out
i followed the haynes manuel, and guess what... yup the freeze plug pushed it, but i was fortunate enough that i was able to get it and put it back ( alot of time and a whole hell of alot of cursing and bitching!). lucky me it never leaked. either that or i didnt give it enough time to leak before i spun #7 and decided a 4" crank was my next upgrade..
let me recap... DONT DO IT, either get another end for the bearing puller or dremel it out
08-08-2008, 02:31 PM
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I actuall used soaking wet toilet paper to push the bushing out once. Its cleaner than the grease. Just keep hammering wet TP into the hole with a big punch. The bushing will pop out.
But I prefer to rent the slide hammer and pilot bushing adapter from Autozone. Comes out in seconds that way.
But I prefer to rent the slide hammer and pilot bushing adapter from Autozone. Comes out in seconds that way.
08-08-2008, 03:21 PM
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The grease trick works better with a bushing and not so much with a bearing . I use a dremel and cut the bearing in half in two places (usually 12 and 6 o'clock) . Hit it with a chisel and it comes right out .
08-08-2008, 04:54 PM
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I've done it hundreds of times... just tap the pilot bearing tool into the bearing with a hammer. It will break the bearing but you are pulling it out anyway. Then open the jaws and slide hammer it out.
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08-09-2008, 02:36 PM
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Yea there is a freeze plug right beind the pilot bearing, I dont see how these people have done the TP method or the grease method on an LS1 engine. That im sure will work on cars that dont have a freeze plug right behind the bearing that will easily be pushed in if you try those methods. Get the slide hammer/blind hole puller, The one at autozone will work fine, but if you want to buy one, go here, its pretty cheap http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95987
Has worked great for me, I've done three now on different lsx cars, takes -2 seconds to get out.
Has worked great for me, I've done three now on different lsx cars, takes -2 seconds to get out.
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08-09-2008, 11:26 PM
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The Eagle crank does have a freeze plug, and it is a different diameter than the stock plug. My friend who is a master GM tech used the grease method and the plug leaked oilall over his clutch. Getting the old plug out was a PITA.