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How Much Clutch is Left
Topic Started: Dec 26 2013, 04:58 AM (2,166 Views)
pvr007
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i usually put on the parking break, put it in 5th gear and star depressing the clutch slowly, if it dies instantly the clutch is good, if it takes a plenty of travel then i would need a new clutch soon, variables can exist but if you compare the discrepancy to new vs old you should be able to tell the difference.
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georandy
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What is a good tool for pulling out a tight pilot bearing?
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Old Man


remove the flywheel-pound on it.
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David95237


Old Man
Dec 28 2013, 08:37 PM
remove the flywheel-pound on it.
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georandy
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georandy
Dec 28 2013, 08:32 PM
What is a good tool for pulling out a tight pilot bearing?
...without pulling the flywheel.
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PTA2PTB
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georandy
Dec 28 2013, 08:32 PM
What is a good tool for pulling out a tight pilot bearing?
Hydraulic hydrostatic shock has worked well for me on a number of occasions, when attempting to do just that. It's an old mechanics trick, normally employed when the pilot bearing is pressed into the back of the crankshaft (instead of the flywheel), and you don't happen to have a pilot bearing puller lying around in your tool box.

Pack the cavity behind the pilot bearing slam full of wheelbearing grease, then take a metal rod or shaft, whose outside diameter closely matches the inside diameter of the pilot bearing, then whack the end of the rod sharply, with a BFH, like your'e trying to drive it through the hole in the pilot bearing into the back of the crankshaft. If you have a decent seal between the bolt and the inner wall of the pilot bearing, the hydrostatic shock pounding on the (non-compressible) grease, will create a reverse hydraulic action against the larger surface area of the grease pent up in the cavity, and force out the bearing. You may have to repack the cavity a time or two with grease, but if you have a good seal, and BFH, the bearing WILL come out.

note: if you can't find a rod or shaft that the right diameter, you can usually use a large bolt, whose diameter is close, and wrap the the threads with teflon tape to build up the diameter so you get a snug fit inside the pilot bearing.
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georandy
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Smart Awesome, PTA2PTB.

Geogonfa taught me to use a hook on a slide hammer with a nail driven into the pilot bearing to keep the hook in.

But, is there a tool specifically made for it?
Edited by georandy, Dec 28 2013, 10:57 PM.
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PTA2PTB
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georandy
Dec 28 2013, 10:56 PM
Smart Awesome, PTA2PTB.

Geogonfa taught me to use a hook on a slide hammer with a nail driven into the pilot bearing to keep the hook in.

But, is there a tool specifically made for it?
Yes. It acts similar to what you're describing; by wedging the tip of it into the cavity, so the lip of it catches behind the pilot bearing, then using a slide-hammer action to snatch the bearing out. Some of them use a threaded shaft to "screw" the bearing out.
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That, with a shim in between the two hook arms to keep the arms from pinching moving together (moving towards each other) thus keeping the hooks from coming out without the pilot bearing. Painless (in more than one way.)

Thanks
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yummybacon


If the flywheel is off just use a socket and tap it out.I would recomend removing the flywheel so it can be surfaced and at that point you can easley tap the old bearing out.
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Old Man


pilot bearing removal tool:
https://www.google.com/#q=pilot+bearing+removal+tool
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Murf 59
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I have used the grease method quite a few times in my life. Hate it. Its damn messy, and wasteful. But if you must do it, it does work. But you must make sure to get 100% of the grease off of all the surfaces! If you remove the flywheel, make sure to use a bit of Loctite on the bolts when you put it all back together. Flywheels coming off is a very bad thing.
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Thart10


Thanks for all the helpful hints.
Right now my priorities are to keep this car running:

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While I bring this one back to Life:

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Then I can decide if I really want to make a run at 500,000 miles in this POS:

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All it needs is a $65 Timing Belt Combo w/Tension Pulley and $185 worth of ebay available Struts.
It's had a complete Exhaust & Brake Systems overhaul within the last 20,000 miles and the Engine runs great as long as I stay out of the mountains. Somewhere around 5000 ft, it starts whweezin' hard and can't pull it's own weight up a little 30 MILE hill out of Albuquerque.
But I still trusted it enough to make this 110 mile road trip across the desert:

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Note: I had to crop two pix together, to show how WIDE it was. I only passed 9 cars the whole way, from Las Vegas to Tuccumcari, NM.
It wasn't until I was back home, looking at my photos did it occur to me. "I wonder if my cell phone worked out there if it did break down?

Think about it! . . . Another 56k out of it would take a big load off the other two for at least the next 3 years, so those cars should last me forever. With the Yota & Geo for Daily Drivers, I can get the Fiat into shape to at least drive it too the Car Shows.

I HATE Winter! All I can do is sit here and think about what I wish I could be doing now, so I could just enjoy DRIVING these cars in the Summer Time.
Edited by Thart10, Dec 29 2013, 09:01 AM.
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yummybacon


Mr Murf 59
Dec 29 2013, 04:53 AM
I have used the grease method quite a few times in my life. Hate it. Its damn messy, and wasteful. But if you must do it, it does work. But you must make sure to get 100% of the grease off of all the surfaces! If you remove the flywheel, make sure to use a bit of Loctite on the bolts when you put it all back together. Flywheels coming off is a very bad thing.
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georandy
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Thanks Old Man.

Fiat X19. Thart10, speakers in the headrests. That was sweet.
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