Any locals that can send me the removal tool to use?
I'd gladly paypal a deposit and the rental/shipping fee to use it.
I'm in Auburn , PA 17922
Email me with what you got:
shanekeppley@verizon.net
Thanks
Shane

 

just go to auto zone, you get the deposit back when you bring it back.

 

I dont think my crappy autozone has one.
I called and asked, and they didnt seem to know what a pilot bearing is!!!

DOH!!

 

Go to autozone

you are looking for a "blind hole puller"

It is basically a slide hammer with an attachment.

 

I have the Mazda tool, and I'm in Harrisburg.

The Autozone tool I could get a hold of didn't fit right. Make sure you get the blind hole puller and not the pilot bearing puller. Oddly enough, the one not labeled pilot bearing puller is the one that sorta works.

 

The tool that Autozone has will not fit. I have tried it before. You could try using a simple spring loaded "T" that mount hooks to the ceiling. Just collapse it, insert it and put some force behind it.

 

I ordered the tool from Ray at Malloy on Monday.
Wish I would have known a guy in harrisburg had one
I guess having it around is a good idea anyway.

 

that's weird because when i did the clutch on my FD i used the pilot bearing puller from autozone and it worked just fine.