Lets face it guys, just use a cold chissel and chip at it until you can
get a screwdriver in there. It is after all a part that you're going to
throw away. The end of the crank is hardened and the bearing is not. Keep
chipping its going to come.

Stan Wilder
83 Westfalia Air Cooled

On Wed, 30 May 2001 21:27:22 -0400 JOHN REYNOLDS <kayakjr@JUNO.COM>
writes:
> I tried the grease method with no luck at all - I rented a slide
> hammerform an auto parts store that came with jaws small enough for
> the
> pilot bearing (bring the new one with you to the autoparts place)
> Came
> out in seconds with the right tool!  Supposedly some motorcycle
> shops
> have small bearing pullers - so that may be a back up
>
> John
> 81 Westy
>
>
>
>
> Volks,
> Just got overcharged to replace the pilot bearing in the end of my
> crank
> at
> the machine shop.
>
> I think that if I could get the old one out, I could get the new one
> in,
> for
> I have various bearing seating tools.
>
> Any ideas how to easily remove the old one?
>
> Adam Puzerewski
>
> 81 westy
> 74 beetle
> 73 Transporter (new!!!!!!!)
>
> Vanagon Partsmobiles