I went to Advance Auto Parts and asked for a pilot bearing and they gave me a what looks liek to be a bushing...I'm guessing its some sort of recall, but I am yet to take off the flywheel, but do I need to replace those bearing holders(little crowns) and just take it all out and slide this one on? Never replaced one before just need a little advice...thanks

 

Man, that picture sure makes it look bigger than it is, and it's blurry so I am making an assumption that the monkeys at advance really did give you the right part. For stuff like that I call Ray at Malloy Mazda.

Anyhoo, that little sucker goes inside the rear orifice of the eccentric shaft. Getting the old one out can be a pain without the proper Mazda SST (specialty tool). After you remove the old one you lube up the new pilot bearing and insert it in. I use a properly sized deepwell impact socket and a hammer. Also, you should purchase a pilot bearing dust cap as well that goes in after the pilot bearing itself. Last thing, you should not have to take off the flywheel to get at it, just get the tranny out of the way and you're in business. Why are you replacing it anyway? It's typically something done along with a motor rebuild when you are reusing the e-shaft.

 

Well when I pushed the clutch in every once in awhile it would make a scraping noise and soundedl ike sumthin was loose inside, and then finally it wouldnt go into gear at all and then i would somewhat, but i decided to go ahead and pull it, but a lot of people told me thats what the problem was....

 

I have replace a few FD pilot bearings and it doesnt look like that at all. The stock OEM FD bearings is the needle type bearing and not the bushing type.

 

I have of them in my shop . I buy them by the box .I am out of seals .I am in Murfreesboro Tn . How far away are you ? I can send you one if there is not a dealer near .Or you can drive up or down or across and get one .

 

So, you don't have to take the flywheel off to get the pilot bearing out..I thought so. Sacker90, are you listening? Also, get the RIGHT bearing otherwise you'll be doing the job again.

 

Upon closer inspection, I agree that the thing in the pic does *not* look like the right part. Advance auto strikes again!

 

Advance isn't totally worthless..... they're one of the few places that carry rotary spark plugs. Last time I picked some up, the manager said, "wow! Are those for a lawn mower or something?" I told him, no. They're for a weed wacker.

-Rob

 

I looked at your picture and I THOUGHT I saw needle rollers inside, so it could be the right part.