Muncie issue

[LT1vette]

So, do you just beat the bread in with a rubber mallet? What is the procedure?

[Andy]

Originally Posted by LT1vette

So, do you just beat the bread in with a rubber mallet? What is the procedure?

I tore the bread into small pieces and pushed as much in as I could by hand through the hole in the pilot bearing. Once I could get no more in there, I took a 10mm 3/8" drive socket, and a 6" extension, lined the socket up in the hole and hit the end of the extension with a hammer to compress the bread. I didn't have an old input shaft to use for this. I would then continue to add bread by hand after it was compressed and repeat the process until I got the bearing out. Took me about 15 minutes. I tried to use a pilot bearing removal tool, but after 5 tries and it not working, I went to the bread, haha.

https://youtu.be/Lbao3zkxV3c for reference

[Too Many Projects]

I never had any luck with the removal tool either. After thousands of heat cycles, those bearings seem like they are welded in. As you may have noticed, it took a lot of pressure to break it loose and then it would move with less force.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

I never had any luck with the removal tool either. After thousands of heat cycles, those bearings seem like they are welded in. As you may have noticed, it took a lot of pressure to break it loose and then it would move with less force.

Yes, you are right. It did not want to move at first, but once it got the pressure on it from the bread being packed in there, it slowly worked its way out.