Pilot Bearing

[Stott Hare]

I've had this work once.  It was on an old Firebird I owned.  Used the
slider bolt from a barn door lock/latch mechanism.  Tried it other times,
even using the correct input shaft (which had been torched off the tranny)
with minimally successful results.  Ended up buying the correct tool for the
Audi I5s from Zelenda... <$10.

HTH,
-Stott

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of Huw Powell
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 5:01 PM
To: Alan Kramer
Cc: BSWANN at arinc.com; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Pilot Bearing



> Find a solid, metal cylinder that will fit into the center of the pilot
> bearing with very little play around the edge.  Fill the hole in the crank
> where the bearing is with very thick grease.  Press the cylinder into the
> hole slowly and forcefully.  You may need to tap it with a hammer.  This
> will hydraulically press the bearing out from the crank.

Al, did you actually do this once?  I have tried it and all it did was
make a mess.  Which would normally be lots of fun, but it wasn't at the
time!  Reason i ask is that this always comes up, as if "everyone knows"
that it works, and yet considering how tightly the bearings seem to have
been in place (the three I've meddled with) I can't see it actually
working.

-- 
Huw Powell

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