[DeTomaso] FW: Stubborn Pilot Bushing - Success and Thanks to All

[Will Kooiman]

Congratulations.

If it makes you feel any better, I had similar problems with my dad¹s
truck in the 1980¹s.  It had a roller pilot bearing, which we pulled when
we changed the clutch/PP.  I don¹t remember how we got it out, but I
remember it came out in pieces.

On 1/29/17, 8:23 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Mike Thomas"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
mbefthomas at comcast.net> wrote:

>I'm sending this without the photo as it's held up for the list moderator.
>Must be too big.
>
>Thanks to all for the many suggestions to help me remove the recalcitrant
>pilot bearing/bushing.  In the end the finish was fairly uneventful.
>
>I had trashed one bearing puller in the initial attempt, and having little
>luck with the second, more robust unit, put the call out for help.  With
>the
>first bearing puller I did manage to gut the bearing assembly, leaving
>only
>the outer race at the center of the carrier.  I talking to Dennis Quella
>about the problem, he told me the carrier was cast aluminum, but once out,
>it feels awfully heavy to be aluminum.
>
>After a few attempts at "modifying" it with a large chisel, I chucked up a
>cobalt-tipped drill bit and hit it a few between the race and the carrier
>to
>relieve some stress (mine or the bearing, I didn't care at this point).  I
>really wasn't able to drill that far in, so thought I'd give the puller
>another try, and did manage to hook the back edge of the race enough to
>draw
>that out (on the right, attached picture).  Once done, it was easy to use
>the puller again to get a solid hook in the two notches at the back of the
>carrier, and it finally popped out.  No hammering, but far too much time
>spend scratching my head on this one when I couldn't be there to work on
>it.
>
>Thanks again all.
>
>Mike Thomas
>Pres., Panteras Northwest
>Yellow '74 #6328
>
>
>
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