On Fri, 10 Feb 1995, David Kao wrote:

> >>
> >>I need to remove the #3 main bearing from the Bus crankshaft.  However,
> >>I am without a press of any sort.  Anybody know a trick, using common
> >>household appliances or rocks, on how to remove this bearing?
> >>
> >>Dave
> >>'71 Westfalia & SB
> >>
> >>
> 
> Is this #3 main bearing special that it takes a press to remove? When I worked
> on bug and BMW engines all main bearing halves can be removed by a light tap
> by a piece of wood block. Of course you could use a sledge hammer to do it (
> just kidding). Maybe I am wrong, I don't see what the difficulty is.
> 
> David Kao
> dkao@eng.sun.com
> 83 westy[w], 84 vanagon[w]

Actually, this bearing is trapped on the crankshaft (it's not a split 
bearing) by the distributer drive gear, which *is* pressed on.

Dave
'71 Westfalia & SB