Well after every puller and grease method failed to get My pilot bearing out I broke out the dremel and got the rollers out then started diggin in the the race which I apparently managed to grind through to the e shaft.....
Mark feels deeper than it looks.. am I over thinking it? Is it destroyed? Should I just install new bearing and forget about it?

 

install new bearing and forget about it. you paranoid som'bitch..

 

Haha
Thanks just needed some reassurance

 

Should have put some hair around it!!....maybe..just Maybe you would have been more gentle..!!

 

Lol

 

As long as the new bearing is right enough not to spin in there, you're good.

 

Got the new bearing and seal in without destroying it. Now to just wrestle the trans in with just my skinny ***, a shitty jack and some wood lol

 

don't wrestle trannies. They / it / schman have feelings to. Build an "H" out of your wood as a jig and use your shitty jack to lift it. beyond that, some more wood as a lever as need be.

I get creative sometimes being a tall skinny bastard myself.

 

shouldve used the bread method. even though its not on an rx7 the concept still works

 

make sure that the rear of the engine is lower than the front of the engine(tilted)..
it makes life a lot easier to get the Transmission in.

and Phil....Don't wrestle with a Tranny..they don't play fair and will grab ya by the D***..!

 

Glad to know I'm not the only one struggling out here struggling, I tried all the tricks in the book too and still couldn't get it. You think yours is bad, check out mine.