You may be past THIS solution... but i have in the past used a chunk of
steel, wood or even an deep socket.  You pack the pilot hole with greese
and the pound the wooden/steel/socket dowell in and it forces the pilot
out... It has worked about 1/2 the time for me. Good luck
-m

Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356

On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Frank Miller wrote:

> I'm in the process of doing a rebuild on my 1.9 wasserleaker and removing the old remains of the pilot bearing from the crankshaft is giving me fits.I tried prying, but that got me nowhere. I even went so far as to buy the pilot bearing puller from Baum Tool, and that just slips off. I resorted to a hammer and chisel, and that just took the top rim off the old shell, but it's really stuck in there. Any other suggestions before I start reaching for the drill?
> Frank Miller
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