Pilot bushing removal

[Casey_SS]

I've removed several pilot bearings / bushings in my time and it's always been a pain, usually involving a slide hammer and smashed fingers or grease and a giant mess. Heard of somebody using bread instead of grease with good results so I gave it a shot...works GREAT!

On the left is the pilot bushing...on the right is one entire slice of white bread. As a bonus, the bread also absorbs all the clutch dust and other dirt, leaving a nice clean surface.

[MikeP99Z]

Is that with or without the crusts?

[Casey_SS]

With

[Fbody383]

what did you use to drive it in? extension? socket turned around backward?

[Casey_SS]

what did you use to drive it in? extension? socket turned around backward?

A big bolt that fit inside the bushing with a couple layers of tape around the end to make it a snug fit.

[Trublu]

You have white bread in Austin?

[Casey_SS]

You have white bread in Austin?

You have to dig through a lot of multi-grain to get to it, but yeah, we do.

[marshall_mosty]

I bet it was organic, with wheat crushed by hand...

[Casey_SS]

I bet it was organic, with wheat crushed by hand...and moistened with Olsen twin tears.

Fixed that for ya

[Rob Liebbe]

Fixed that for ya

Marshall will only eat it if Celine Dion harvested the wheat herself.