How to remove a pilot bushing.....an old school trick that WORKS!

[@karmicmessenger]

I've been using this method to remove bearings from blind holes in transfer cases. I like the bread idea, gonna try that. another good method for pilot bushings is a tap; just screw it in until it bottoms out and then either continue screwing in the tap or use a screw, it's a good method for the stubborn ones.

[@JBH123]

Nicely done! Nice clear visuals, and you explained both the specific technique and the general principle behind it without a whole lot of extra palaver.

[@braylenwyatt5528]

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[@ralphrobert3034]

@Braylen Wyatt Instablaster :)

[@braylenwyatt5528]

@Ralph Robert i really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and Im in the hacking process atm. I see it takes quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.

[@SlickRidezGarage]

Thank you! I tried to keep my later videos simple and short.

[@IBuck-dm1xf]

How about using a proper size tap. Thread it in and when it bottoms in the hole it keep turning and it will pull the bushing out. Done it many times.

[@sfcd4757]

Whats the difference between the pilot converter and the pilot bushing as far as where it goes. I seemed to have had my pilot converter pop out from the bearing but seems slightly too big to push back in.....long story short when i removed my crankshaft from the block i heard something fall...it appears to have been the pilot converter (i only heard it fall...i didnt actually see it)...after lots of reseach what this part even was...it looks like it popped out in front and out through the bearing (if thats even possible)

[@antonioandrews8900]

Yow I was looking at this video and saying bread like for really that can't be real and just so happen I had some coconut bread in my truck so I decided to try it and to behold the thing came Out thanks man that's really a big help keep the information coming

[@SlickRidezGarage]

Thanks for watching and for commenting!

[@sumdood2035]

I have a pilot bushing I'm trying to remove from a chevy 350. The car had an automatic when I got it. The pilot bushing has probably been in there for 30 years. It appears that the metal flakes in the bushing may have rusted to the housing. Someone may have tried to pull it in the past also, as the inner hole is more of an oval than round. I tried the hydraulic method. Because the opening is oval, there is no way to build hydraulic pressure. I've also tried many different types of pilot bearing/bushing pullers. I either end up breaking them, chipping pieces off the bottom of the pilot bushing when they slip off, or nothing happens. Last one I tried is an expanding slide-hammer type that opens a circular shaped ledge at the rear after inserting. Even this wouldn't make it budge. Also tried heating until red hot, and the "bread" method.

[@SlickRidezGarage]

That's the problem with pulling tools, they can really damage stubborn bushings.

[@gregtipton5347]

Use bread,and most bushings are brass,so rust isn't the problem, automatic cares don't use pilot bushings

[@sumdood2035]

@@gregtipton5347 this was a bushing from the 70's. Maybe there was different alloy back then but it was definitely rusted. Managed to get it out with a ton of grease, and alot of heat. To clear up my first comment. The car had a manual originally. Bushing was still there, probably because they couldn't get it out, but it had an automatic in it. We swapped to manual.

[@gregtipton5347]

@@sumdood2035 I've had several cars from the 60's on all used brass as to not wear the input shaft,some 90'and later had actual needle bearing pilot bushing,glad you got it out

[@alexanderbarrera9140]

When your hammering what is the bolt hitting on the other end anything that can be damaged from the heavy blows ?

[@SlickRidezGarage]

If the chamber is packed well with grease the bolt won't go deep enough to do any damage or hit anything. The energy goes into the grease itself and that energy is released by moving the pilot bushing. I hope that answers your question. Thanks for watching!

[@alexanderbarrera9140]

@@SlickRidezGarage I got lucky was converting a automatic to manual... and it seems automatics don't have it so all had to do was evenly tap a new one in .... I thanked God dearly that day

[@tomthompson7400]

put the grease in with a grease gun and start from the back ,,, been doing it that way for forty years

[@SlickRidezGarage]

Great method! Thanks for sharing that with us!

[@barrywells3195]

Grease messy You can use wet paper instead of grease.

[@SlickRidezGarage]

I may try that next time. Indeed, grease is a mess!

[@chrishart2064]

Been using grease for that since the sixties

[@SlickRidezGarage]

Yep, the old tricks are the best!

[@matthewvannoy500]

Great tip ,thanks

[@gregtipton5347]

Use a price of bread without the crust,works well and no mess

[@glowiever]

what if the other side is hollow? I need to remove a stuck needle bearing inside a motorcycle swing arm. been lubing it, whacking it with a hammer. won't budge.

[@michaelszczys8316]

Need to grind an open spot in the side of the cylinder of the bearing without hardly touching the swing arm metal with a tiny grinder like a dremel.

[@moggie100th]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@SlickRidezGarage]

Thanks for watching!

[@jeramiet154]

Fuck that mess. Use bread. It acts like a fluid but without all the nastiness. You also don't need a perfect fitting tool with an o ring. Just find a bolt or rod or whatever that fits the hole as close as possible. Use a little tape to make up the difference (doesn't need a perfect seal because the bread makes a muck thicker fluid). A few good whacks with a decent hammer and she's out and you only have a few crumbs and a bread plug to clean up.

[@SlickRidezGarage]

Bread doesn't always work, but I did make a sandwich with some when I finished! I didn't even wash my hands!

[@tuxnoel]

Use small pieces of candle wax and no mess created .

[@SlickRidezGarage]

This sounds like an excellent suggestion, thanks for commenting!

[@davidboston4574]

Bread trick also works

[@SlickRidezGarage]

Yeah but David Gates wasn't available. lol thanks for commenting!

[@scottpark3632]

Thanks!

[@SlickRidezGarage]

I really dropped the ball here with my lack of response. I apologize for that. Thank you very much for your support and I appreciate it.

[@williamweir6385]

Awesome thank you

[@SlickRidezGarage]

Thank you! If you do this you'll need a digital odo cluster, and prepare for a trip to the dealer to get the PATS system straightened out.

[@halfhalf9006]

wet toilet paper does just as a good job like the grease

[@michaelszczys8316]

You couldn’t get mine out this way. I couldn’t even get the remains out with the proper tool. I had to resort to carving an open spot with a dremel tool.

[@FreedomFighterrzz]

How did that go for you? im in the same boat but using a hammer and chisel to break the bearing down been at it for four days now,🙈 most of the inside of the bearing is out but the outside is hard work,i dont have a Dremel tool yet should i invest in one or keep chiseling away? 😂😖😣😞

[@ipissed]

Next time cut it into 4 parts with a hacksaw blade, jig saw, or sawzall etc. being careful to come up just shy of the crank. Then just pry it out or for internal ones use the normal puller with a slide hammer. I have removed the most unbelievably stubborn ones this way.

[@SlickRidezGarage]

Unfortunately, major surgery is sometimes the only way.

[@jvon3885]

Bread man....Bread.....just watched a guy use bread instead of grease......Less mess but out in a few minutes.....

[@SlickRidezGarage]

I love bread....David Gates is awesome but he refused to squeeze in the hole and let me hit him.

[@zachmeyer3164]

Grease gun makes this a lot easier

[@SlickRidezGarage]

I would agree, but not everyone has one.

[@richrich9560]

Loaf bread is another way to remove pilot bearing🐃

[@jonathangarzon2798]

Doesn't always work

[@outlawracinnela5793]

Didn't work for me!!!NEXT SUGGESTION PLEASE

[@ALYangRSX]

Bread

[@stonefree3304]

i used paper on this instead of grease.

[@SlickRidezGarage]

Good suggestion! Next time I'll try it!

[@marvinholloman6483]

That is not a pilot Bush and that's a pilot bearing I need to know how to do a pilot bushing thank you

[@BearGrils55]

Same method