Cascade Crew

Xophertony · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:25 pm Post subject: Transmission part trois

so, somewhere in the last few years I have lost my slide hammer, and with it the bolt I found that would thread perfectly into the pilot bushing, so I could yank it out with said slide hammer.

what do you guys use to get out our pilot bushings? the "pilot bushing removal tool" that attaches to slide hammers that auto zone rents is too large to fit into the pilot bushing that is in my car.

I have tried the "grease trick" with limited success (limited to none, in fact) and am not interested in recreating the greasy mess that such a method creates.

do any of you guys have a tool that allows you to remove a pilot bushing? thanks.

Al Hasse · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:39 pm Post subject:

I saw a method on YouTube similar to the grease method. Instead of grease, he used shredded up wet paper. The water in the paper created the same hydraulic effect that the grease does, just doesn't make the mess. It's for a bearing, but should work for the bushing also.

I found it while looking for something to show which side of the pilot bearing goes in the crank (I bought a bearing instead of a bushing since the parts store didn't have a bearing in stock).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xuR7T8G1Ys

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:43 pm Post subject: Re: Transmission part trois

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:09 pm Post subject:

Full kit from orielly or autozone has a small enough one.

Otherwise I have a giant tap, somewhere, that threads into my slide hammer. :O)

The "grease" trick has just been a messy headache.

The other way I've done it is very carefully with a chisel and punch.

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:05 pm Post subject:

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: Transmission part trois