Pilot bearing in the crank, is this going to be an issue? Options

[VaccaRabite]

Isn't this bearing supposed to be in the flywheel?

How do I get the bugger out?

What should I do here?

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If it is not an issue, please let me know. Its in there pretty good. I figure I am going to have to weld a bolt to it to get it out. Right now, I have no purchase.

Zach

[Cap'n Krusty]

All this verbiage, and not much in the way of a real answer.. Two answers that should help you.

(A) Use a clutch pilot tool and pack the bearing with grease. Using a BFH, hit the sucker REALLY hard (might be wise to drape it with a shop rag). Repeat as necessary. Eventually, it'll come out. I've done literally hundreds of them this way, and it works just fine (unless the bearing has broken up). If you don't have a pilot tool, how do you center up the disc?

((IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) If you don't want to do that, drive it in a little, using a drift of just the right diameter so you don't damage the bearing. It's plenty greased up by now. Use a rag to remove as much of the excess grease as is feasible. Put a bearing in the flywheel, and don't forget the felt washer on the clutch side. You're mainshaft won't care about the old bearing., and the added weight won't slow you down all that much.

The T2s had the bearing in the crank, because the mainshaft is longer. Most T4 cars sold in the US were automatics, and the crank had a sleeve installed, probably for the centering stub on the torque converter. T2s with automatics have the same bushing.
It's likely that the T4 with a manual tranny had the bearing in the crank, too, but I've never seen one so I can't comment on that.

Now, go fix it! The Cap'n