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Hi Volks,
    I use a 3/8 inch  carriage bolt. Grind the head down so it will just
slide through the pilot , put the head through and  behind the pilot   off
set to one side and tightening  a nut on the bolt against a  socket or
washer pulls it right out. Has never failed me and I have pulled  some
pretty bad looking pilots.
Darrell
-----Original Message-----
From: Racer X <akimmons@PDQ.NET>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 9:13 PM
Subject: Any pilot bearing tricks ??

>Hey all...
>Any tricks to getting out the pilot bearing between the crank and the
>trans?
>Looking for a cheap version of the special tool that the Bentley
>specifies.
>
>Oh...by the way...how do you get these "US Tool # such-n-such" that are
>listed in the manual? Is there some list that has these numbers or
>something?
>How does the regular ol guy get his hands on these?
>
>Thanks!
>