Removing bushing at back of crank...

[Nate Stuart]

I had terrific luck with the grease and bolt trick to get mine out of my
5kt crank. You pump the cavity of the bushng full of grease, and find a
bolt, or rod that *just* fits into the bushing, then rap on it hard and
quick. Mine came right out after a couple attempts. It can be a bit
messy, but quite satisfying ;)

HTH,
-Nate
'89 90tq
www.newtsplace.com/90tq

gerard wrote:

>Hi!
>
>Another question about removing press fit items...
>
>I need to remove the "pilot" bushing that is on the back of the crank of
>my MC engine. It's the bushing on the automatic transmissioned MC that
>is used in place of the pilot needle bearing on manual transmissioned
>MCs. I looked in my Bentley, but ofcourse there won't be details for
>removing it as there is no need to replace it anyway. I need to remove
>it in order to fit a pilot needle bearing (which I still need to find)
>as I'm also doing a automatic to manual conversion on this engine/car.
>Bentley indicates the use of tool 10-202 for removing of the pilot
>bearing and tool 2026 for fitting of the pilot bearing.
>
>How do I remove the bushing without damaging anything?
>What's the spec for the needle bearing as I'll need to source this from
>a generic bearing shop over here? I suppose this info is in ETKA. I'll
>take a look.
>What do I use for fitting the pilot needle bearing in place of tool
>2026?
>
>Another odd thing about the Bentley is that they say to install the
>bearing to a depth of "a=5.5mm", but they don't indicate what "a" is?
>
>Thanks.
>
>G.
>