saleen87

Hi everybody. I need a good advise before doing this. Im about to knock down the tranny and get that noisy, boring "pilot bearing" out, while there Im planning on just throwing a new clutch kit on. I've done it b-4 long time ago ,but to my friends car, he was scared that the shop would cost him arm/leg. Im not a super mechanic, but I know the good simple stuff "not internal work though" i dont mess with that,,, after watching a good friend of mine snapping that bearing out I realized, hmmm not really a scientist work. Anyways.. any tips, on what to really look for?? I would really hate to finish the job and then do something wrong, and hear that noisy pilot bearing again. I would hate 2 bring that heavy tranny down again. That would not be funny at all. I really trust the people at this forum. Unfortunally my friend left the state, so I can't ask him how is it working. I want 2 feel proud that I did it myself on my own Saleen. I got all the neccessary tools, so thats a good start I guess. Any tips before doing this would really make me a happy man. Thank you everybody and hopefully I can get some good tips.. Thanxx.... by the way Im not really looking to get the best performance clutch but something descent. check this 2 out and please tell me what you think or what to go for.

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hammeron

saleen87, there are a couple of ways to get
the pilot bearing out. the first way is using
a slide hammer, the other is to fill up the area
behind the bearing and the hole where the
input shaft goes with grease, then place a wooden
dowel or something similar at the bearing hole and hit
it with a hammer. the dowel will try to compress the
grease and the grease will in turn force the
bearing forward.

i have not personally done either method, but there
are a few here on the boards, that have.

157dB

Both methods work but the grease method requires something more
suitable than a wooden dowel. You need a piece of steel thats the
same diameter or slightly larger (.001-.005) because the pilot brearing
is WORN.