[Vwdiesel] How to remove Needle bearing in end of crankshaft

[James Hansen]

fill the hole with grease.
drive in a close fitting shaft, the grease pushes out the needle bearing.
If it's all bent up, you're kind of screwed now, keep prying away at it 
until it comes out.

can you thread a bolt the right size into it to catch and pull on?

-james

ken tolbert wrote:
> whattool, which I probably do not own, is used to remove the needle bearing 
> that is inserted in the end of the crankshaft of an engine that came out of 
> a vanagon?
> I tried to pry it out, to no avail, only stretched the tiny rubber seal at 
> the front of the bearing.
> I tried to tap it out using a screwdriver with a 90 degree bend and a 
> deadblow hammer.i Iunderstand that it must come out for a standard diesel 
> installation, rabbit, golf, jetta, etc.
> Thanks.
> 
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