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Subject:Pilot bearing and seal
From:Blake Thornton
Date:Mon, 19 May 2003 13:08:27 -0500

OK, I got the tranny out.  As suggested, it just took a ton of prying and
it eventually came out.  Took the clutch out, removed the flywheel (which
I'll take to get resurfaced, does the pressure plate need resurfaced?).
My questions (and current problems):

- Pilot bearing is most certainly fried.  The shaft on the transmission
(input shaft?) is no longer smootly round.  The shaft apears to have some
of the needle bearing "welded" to it.  Should I care about this?  If so,
what do I do?

- Oil Seal: Everyone says to "pry it out with a screwdriver."  Well,
perhaps I'm being a bit soft on it, but its not prying.  I assume I shove
a screwdriver in through the middle (by the crank shaft), toward the
engine casing and pry it out like this?  If I'm given the word, I'll give
it hell and keep trying, it just seems quite stuck.

- Pilot bearing, I guess I've read enough in the arhives about some tricks
to remove this, but perhaps I'll ask again later when I actually give it a
try.

Thanks for everyone's help (and patience).

Blake
84 Westy
St Louis, MO