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    Posted: Apr/09/2015 at 7:10am
Old one is cracked and slightly mushroomed on the visable side. How doe I remove the old one?
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There are a couple of ways to do it. I like to take a slide hammer with a hook end and pull it out .
I have heard of people stuffing it with grease and taking your clutch alining tool and pushing it out using that .I have never tried that one. good luck
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I've used bread, stuff it in till it's tight, then used the clutch aligning tool.

It has to be a old input shaft as the aligning tool, because you have to hammer it. Hydraulic pressure will push the bearing out.

It works better than the thick grease method.

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Originally posted by emspaul emspaul wrote:

I like to take a slide hammer with a hook end and pull it out .


That's the way my Dad did them.
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Hard wooden dowel to fit tight and grease and hammer on the end.
If it is cracked all the way thru you might be able to pry it out?
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My local Auto Zone allowed me to check out their pilot bushing remover tool. AZ hopes you will buy their replacement parts when you return the tool. A cash deposit or credit card number to insure you will return the tool undamaged is required.
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Went the Autozone route. Worked like a charm and took a whole minute or 2. Thanks for the idea.
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Excellent!
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It seems that when pressing in (ie:hammering on an impact socket) the pilot bushing,  I must have "mushroomed" the bushing. After installing the clutch and bellhousing, I couldn't get the trans all the way in, so I removed everything and tried to get the snout of the T-10 into the bushing/bearing. Only goes part of the way in. Any suggestions?
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Get a reamer. A drill bit works in a pinch but may take out too much. This is assuming it's not bottoming out.
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