Pilot Bearing Removal

They ain't easy. Try an internal grip bearing puller.
The bushing is easier. I just thread it with a tap and screw a bolt into it.
Pulling out a bearing that small is a real PITA.

I have seen utubes of using a wet slice of bread!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OScJ2QKpV_k

A friend of mine just suggested this approach. I thought he was nuts. Now I will have to try it.

Wet toilet paper.

plumbers putty...Mark

https://www.google.com/search?...0i4HYDw&ved=0CCAQsAQ

OK, I got it out with grease. Now the new bushing. I started it by tapping around it lightly. I then used a piece of 2x4 as a cushion. Got it in to within a 1/8th inch of the outer machined stop and that was all she would go. I have learned the had way not to forch things to far. It feels like it is a deep as it will go. The bushing is that much deeper then the bearing I pulled out.

Is it good? Or do I keep pounding it further in.

Leave it.

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Originally posted by captaintobeys:
OK, I got it out with grease. Now the new bushing. I started it by tapping around it lightly. I then used a piece of 2x4 as a cushion. Got it in to within a 1/8th inch of the outer machined stop and that was all she would go. I have learned the had way not to forch things to far. It feels like it is a deep as it will go. The bushing is that much deeper then the bearing I pulled out.

Is it good? Or do I keep pounding it further in.

next time place the pilot bearing in the freezer overnight & heat up pilot bearing hole, prior to installing...Mark

Ford pilot bushings are huge and IMHO a waste of bronze. I use a 350 Chev pilot bushing with an aluminum ring-adapter (10 minutes on a lathe) to fill the crank space difference. The bores are identical. Don't forget to check your bushings with a magnet for presence of iron powder in the 'bronze'.

You probably have the bushing in as far as it will go and there's quite a bit of ZF shaft nose provided. Some bushings have a large chamfer on one end- which would allow the bushing to go in a bit further. I've not checked many, but its not unusual to find slight variations in crankshafts.