Date:         Wed, 4 Oct 2017 18:48:23 -0700
Reply-To:     Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Determine if new pilot bearing needs replacement?
Comments: To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
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Thanks Stuart. Great to know! Parts take time to procure where I live
(kinda "in the sticks") so its nice to know I don't need to head into
the big city just yet.

Neil.



On 10/4/17, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:

> Spray the debris out with WD-40, clean the flywheel with brake cleaner or
> lacquer thinner, grease it back up and chamfer the end of the input shaft.
>
> I once had a 4wd Blazer I replaced the clutch on. I installed a sintered
> bronze bushing backward (chamfer in) and that very heavy tranny simply would
> not go in. It had smashed in the edges of the pilot bearing so bad it never
> would, but you don't have that problem!
>
> Stuart



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