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Re: Bread as a pilot bearing removal tool. It works!
Posted: Jan 02, 2018 12:17 AM
by Mike W.
a wrote:Observations : Either 3 slices of bread doesn't compress into much volume or the hole in the crank is way bigger than the bearing. It took awhile. I'd roll 3 slices into a ball and start. I did a slice at a time. A real mechanic just uses a hook ,or a screw and a vise grip. Bread takes too long for flat rate. Pilot bearings don't get changed very often .
I would substitute dealer mechanic for real mechanic. Dealer mechanics have all the specialty tools. Real mechanics don't, and don't change many pilot bearings either. You get good at it if you're doing it 3 times and day and buy the tools for it. If it's once or twice a year, less so. I've got a contraption I made that acts like a press, put it together, stick a screwdriver into it to lock the bolt in and crank away. Bread actually sounds easier.
Re: Bread as a pilot bearing removal tool. It works!
Posted: Jan 02, 2018 12:57 AM
by tig
Mike W. wrote: Bread actually sounds easier.
And it's fun!
And you get to post pictures like this to Facebook and have all your non-car friends question your sanity.
Re: Bread as a pilot bearing removal tool. It works!
Posted: Jan 02, 2018 1:45 AM
by Mike W.
cek wrote:Mike W. wrote: Bread actually sounds easier.
And it's fun!
And you get to post pictures like this to Facebook and have all your non-car friends question your sanity.
I never knew a crankshaft could puke.
Re: Bread as a pilot bearing removal tool. It works!
Posted: Jan 02, 2018 1:59 AM
by tig
Mike W. wrote:cek wrote:Mike W. wrote: Bread actually sounds easier.
And it's fun!
And you get to post pictures like this to Facebook and have all your non-car friends question your sanity.
I never knew a crankshaft could puke.
Wrong end for puke.
Re: Bread as a pilot bearing removal tool. It works!
Posted: Jan 02, 2018 8:58 AM
by Dave_in_VA
cek wrote:Mike W. wrote: Bread actually sounds easier.
And it's fun!
And you get to post pictures like this to Facebook and have all your non-car friends question your sanity.
Looks like something from Dr Pimple Popper on youtube.
Re: Bread as a pilot bearing removal tool. It works!
Posted: Jan 02, 2018 9:14 AM
by slammin_e28
This is the only way I'll do pilot bearings now. It works so well.....at least so far.
Re: Bread as a pilot bearing removal tool. It works!
Posted: Jan 02, 2018 3:22 PM
by Karl Grau
cek wrote:Are you telling me you have a full set of metric drill bits? Up to 12mm?
Yes and no. I have a full set of metric bits but they go up to 13mm not 12.
Re: Bread as a pilot bearing removal tool. It works!
Posted: Jan 03, 2018 2:31 PM
by ElGuappo
cek wrote:Mike W. wrote:cek wrote:Mike W. wrote: Bread actually sounds easier.
And it's fun!
And you get to post pictures like this to Facebook and have all your non-car friends question your sanity.
I never knew a crankshaft could puke.
Wrong end for puke.
I didnt know they made BMW inspired playdough fun factories!