it's true, sometimes you have to do 'dental work' to get the remains of an old pilot bearing shell out. ( I've spent hours doing that a few times ) .. but normally, there is find little handy tool just for the job . It's even called a pilot bearing puller... it's a slide hammer puller with small expanding jaws on the end that get right in behind the pilot brg ... I have never had one not come right out of a waterboxer crankshaft. 'transmission input shaft seal' I think was meant, not output ..that would be the flanges to the axles of course. Vanagons Rule ! Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob" <becida@COMCAST.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 1:42 PM Subject: Re: pilot bearing was- Clutch - revisited - Shim question
> In 91 had an '86 Syncro GL and the transmission output seal developed > a leak. This was my first water cooled VW. I pulled the engine and > went to change the seal, then I noticed the pilot bearing was shot, > but how to get it out? > I ended up going to the dealer and asked to talk to a mechanic, they > brought one out (sounds weird to say it like that) and I asked him > "how and the heck do you get that bearing out?" He told me with a > dremil tool very very carefully. I did and put the new bearing in. > > Rob > becida@comcast.net > > At 6/20/2010 01:21 PM, Kurt Grotz wrote: > > >>Big problem was getting the destroyed pilot bearing out. There was >>nothing to grab on to, as it was just the outer shell |
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