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Date:         Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:29:49 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: pilot bearing
Comments: To: John Reynolds <kayakjr@juno.com>
Comments: cc: Weber@zap-net.com, type2@type2.com
In-Reply-To:  <19990426.201235.4431.1.kayakjr@juno.com>
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John:

The hard part of getting this bearing out is just getting a hold of it. You'll find it comes out with some pretty gentle hits of the slide hammer. Nothing to worry about.

On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, John Reynolds wrote:

> Thanks to Weber@zap-net.com I found out that a pilot bearing puller can > be rented for onlt $6.00 in my area. It's one of the sliding hammer type > pullers. I am concerned about the side loads put on the bearings (Mains > and cam that is) when the hammer transmits this sideways force to the > crankshaft during the pilot bearing pulling. Is this a concern, or am I > tilting at windmills?

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon ---------------------------------------------------------------------


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