Pilot Bearing Removal FD3S
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I've never tried this puller so this is FWIW, but this looks almost exactly like the MAZDA SST I have....I think one of the two smaller tips should fit. At least with the MAZDA SST it takes all of 30 seconds to pull that bearing.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95987
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95987
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I've never tried this puller so this is FWIW, but this looks almost exactly like the MAZDA SST I have....I think one of the two smaller tips should fit. At least with the MAZDA SST it takes all of 30 seconds to pull that bearing.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95987
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=95987
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I bought the one from Autozone and it works great attached to my slide hammer. I had to grind the tips down slightly so that it would fit through the pilot bearing. There's another old skool trick that you might be able to use, shove as much grease through the pilot bearing as possible until that hole is completely full of grease, then get some sort of metal rod that has a diameter as close as possible to the inner diameter of the pilot bearing. Stick the rod inside the pilot bearing and hammer inside the hole where all the grease is. Theoretically, it's supposed to push the pilot bearing out from the inside, kind of like a hydraulic rod pushing hydraulic fluid through a cylinder except in this case it would be grease instead of hydraulic fluid.
Last resort is to get some strong picks and basically destroy the old pilot bearing by pulling at each of the needle bearings and then pull out the casing, being careful not to damage the hole. You don't care about the old pilot bearing anyways since you're going to use a new one, so why not just destroy it to get it out?
Last resort is to get some strong picks and basically destroy the old pilot bearing by pulling at each of the needle bearings and then pull out the casing, being careful not to damage the hole. You don't care about the old pilot bearing anyways since you're going to use a new one, so why not just destroy it to get it out?
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I have used a dowel pin or round stock and axle grease to extract bushings. The dowel pin must be a tight fit to work. Fill the cavity with grease and strike the pin with a hammer. This will exert hydraulic force on the bottom of the bushing and drive it out. I have never tried it on a needle bearing. Just another way to solve a problem. A puller would be my first option but in a pinch this may work.
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