Date:         Sun, 6 May 2007 20:37:12 -0500
Reply-To:     Matt Roberds <mattroberds@COX.NET>
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From:         Matt Roberds <mattroberds@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: tool needed
Comments: cc: Kenneth Lewis <kdlewis@NORTHSTATE.NET>
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> From:    Kenneth Lewis <kdlewis@NORTHSTATE.NET>
> Date:    Sun, 6 May 2007 13:35:54 -0400
>
> I need to remove a pilot bearing from the end of the crankshaft. I
> hate to spend $50+ (http://tinyurl.com/23m9wo) for a tool I will
> probably only use once.

Go to Autozone.  Tell them you want to borrow two tools: "OEM" brand
#27033 (slide hammer) and #27059 (pilot bearing puller).  They will give
them to you and charge you about $40.  Go home and pull the bearing.
Then take the tools back and get your $40 back.  This is their normal
tool loan service - I just did this to pull a pilot bearing on a
different car.

More notes: The puller screws onto the end of the slide hammer - do that
while you're still in the store to make sure it works, because sometimes
the threads on the hammer are beat up.  The hole in the puller looks like
it's too big to fit on the hammer, but it necks down a little further
inside - the puller is made to fit two different sized slide hammers.

Matt Roberds