It could be the shell of an old bearing.
Try catching the edge of it with a good quality cold chisel and drive it in
and obliterate it or try getting a bind on it and removing it.
A dremel tool might prove useful if you prefer to slowly grind it out.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "tabe johnson" <xtabe@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 9:21 PM
Subject: Pilot Bearing in crankshaft from Automatic...

> Hi,
>
>
> I'm putting a 2.1 WBX from a donor van with an automatic
> transmission into my 4 speed van.  One thing I have to do
> is put a pilot bearing in the end of the crankshaft.  When
> I stick my finger in the hole, it feels like there's a thin
> sheet metal cylinder where the pilot bearing should go.  When
> I flick it with my fingernail, it feels and sounds more like
> sheet metal than solid crankshaft material.
>
> Please view this photo:
>
> http://www3.telus.net/public/tabe/vanagon/crankend.jpg
>
> The lower finger points out one of the lips of the cylinder;
> the upper finger points out the inner lip of the cylinder.
>
>
>
> Is this cylinder a leftover part that I should remove before
> installing the new pilot bearing, or should I tap my pilot
> bearing in with everything as is?
>
> Thanks for any illumination!
>
> --tabe johnson
> xtabe@yahoo.com
> Immobile '87 Westy
>
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