Date:         Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:42:11 -0700
Reply-To:     Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: pilot bearing was- Clutch - revisited - Shim question
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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