Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 07:45:32 -0700
Reply-To: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
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From: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Pilot Bearing
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I took an old, large flat blade screwdriver, bent the tip over 90-degrees making a 1/8" lip. Slid a large socket over the shaft of the screwdriver, hooked the bearing with the screwdriver tip and slapped the socket into the screwdriver handle (think slide hammer) until I got the bearing moving.
The roller bearings had fallen out of mine and were wedging between the flywheel and the rear main seal causing a big oil leak.
Good luck,
TJ Hannink
Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition
1981 Bluebird Wanderlodge, FC-33SB
Des Allemands, Louisiana
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From: kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: Pilot Bearing
Jeff, I had this problem on the first Vanagon I actually got on the road.
I bought it for $400 because this pilot bearing went bad and they thing
shifted terrible. Lots of grinding and double clutching.
The race is still in the end of the crank. You will probably need to get a
really small and sharp chisel and carefully try to collapse the race inward
at one point and then pull it out with a pair of needle nose pliers. Take
a small punch and grind a sharp end on it instead of the flat end. That
should get you started and then you can finish with the small chisel.
I have a pilot bearing puller that you can get at Harbor Freight. However
I don't think there is enough for this to grab onto to actually pull the
race out. I have done the small chisel thing several time and it always
works. Hope this helps you out.
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com
On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, I am still working on this clutch job (was delayed by a particularly
> stubborn flywheel bolt) and I have a question about the pilot bearing.
>
> You see where the pilot bearing should be....well it is not. I have a
> replacement but I am concerned about cleaning that space out properly.
> There appears to be no real indication that the old one existed - no
> needles at all and when I place my finger int here I cannot feel where the
> the bearing ends at all.
>
> So even if it was that bad you would think I'd see something of the old
> one. Where did it go? I would think that at the very least the "race" of
> the old bearing was still there an needs to come out. I greatly appreciate
> any advice at all because this is new territory for me.
>
> As they say a picture is worth 1000 words: *http://tinyurl.com/bmyp29p*
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '85 GL (Gertie)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>
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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com
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