Re: Pilot Bushing here's one more

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> "Steven Buchholz" <k1drbar@worldnet.att.net>
>
> Any ideas for a tool that might be able to help me
> extricate myself from my current situation would be much appreciated!

I have not had a chance to try this one out myself but can remember reading a
alternative to this in one of the auto magazines awhile ago. They're method
involved 
finding a steel bar or shaft with an outside diameter very close to the inside
diameter of the bushing which your trying to extract (possibly a discarded or
maimed input shaft) You basically pack the cavity in the flywheel ahead of the
pilot bearing with heavy grease (wheel bearing) and hammering the the shaft
into the bushing's center force it out hydraulically.(the compressed grease
imparts equal force in all directions including 180 degrees to the angle of
impact ie the "front side" of the bushing.)  Again this sounds good in theory,
but at this point but its only a suggestion. All standard disclaimers apply.

Good Luck!
Martin