>Hey all...
>Any tricks to getting out the pilot bearing between the crank and the
>trans?

I prefer the Mexican toilet paper trick.
At a garage I used to work in, our neighbor was a true mexican mechanic who
used to work at a VW dealership in Mexico. He had some of the best tricks
for doing without tools.

Take some toilet paper, soak it with oil or water, stuff as much as
possible in the pilot bearing. Now find an old input shaft (or something
that fits well inside the pilot bearing) and a big hammer. Hit the TP hard
and the hydraulic pressure on the back of the pilot bearing will push it
out.

HTH
 -Otmar-
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