Pilot Bearing Removal - Toyota 4Runner Forum

mtbtim · 03-27-2023, 11:32 AM

Dudes, if you have a manual transmission, you'll eventually be facing a clutch job. As part of a clutch replacement, the pilot bearing in the end of the crankshaft should be replaced. A simple and very effective technique to remove a pilot bearing is by using some bread, a bolt and a hammer.

Check out the video and see how it's done. Hope you Dudes like it. Happy Wrenching and Sic Mods for All!

JohnMc · 03-27-2023, 01:30 PM

Some people say to use grease, but it's way easier to clean up wet bread mush than grease.

And yeah, it does work ridiculously well.

Bad Luck · 03-27-2023, 02:35 PM

I used grease, but had an issue with the grease pushing through the gaps in the bearing rather than pushing the bearing out.

Devbot · 03-27-2023, 03:02 PM

Clever! Reminds me of people using black pepper to plug leaky rads

Bad Luck · 03-28-2023, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtbtim

Dudes, if you have a manual transmission, you'll eventually be facing a clutch job. As part of a clutch replacement, the pilot bearing in the end of the crankshaft should be replaced. A simple and very effective technique to remove a pilot bearing is by using some bread, a bolt and a hammer.

Check out the video and see how it's done. Hope you Dudes like it. Happy Wrenching and Sic Mods for All!

I've never pulled an automatic transmission out of a 3rd gen, but I didn't think they had a pilot bearing (or similar). That looks like a flexplate not a flywheel so was this for demonstration purposes or do automatics have a pilot bearing for some reason?

mtbtim · 03-28-2023, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bad Luck

I've never pulled an automatic transmission out of a 3rd gen, but I didn't think they had a pilot bearing (or similar). That looks like a flexplate not a flywheel so was this for demonstration purposes or do automatics have a pilot bearing for some reason?

It was for demonstration purposes. The engine we had suspended is a 3.0 V6 from a 2nd Gen 4runner that had a manual transmission. We're putting the engine into a pickup that also had the 3.0 engine but with an automatic transmission. Automatics don't use a pilot bearing. The shaft of the torque converter fits into the end of the crankshaft so you can't have a pilot bearing there occupying that space.

Bad Luck · 03-28-2023, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtbtim

It was for demonstration purposes. The engine we had suspended is a 3.0 V6 from a 2nd Gen 4runner that had a manual transmission. We're putting the engine into a pickup that also had the 3.0 engine but with an automatic transmission. Automatics don't use a pilot bearing. The shaft of the torque converter fits into the end of the crankshaft so you can't have a pilot bearing there occupying that space.

Thanks for clarifying that! I was really questioning my sanity for a minute there lol I thought that was the case with the torque converter and crankshaft mating, but wanted to be sure.

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