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Just wanted to make a quick post and brag about how i managed to pull out my pilot bearing with literally no effort at all.
I was measuring and eyeballing it for tools that i could use. I did take the needles out and measured, that it was pretty much size 14mm hole left there. So i used M16 tap and made thread, then used my homemade crank pulley install tool and piece of tube to pull it out. To my surprise, it pretty much just popped out.
Just make sure you use nut for pressing the tube, so you dont damage the galley plug.
for the cost of a slice of bread , you can just use the bread...works great
Bread or grease trick is not a good idea for LS cranks. There is a plug that can be pushed through leaving a hole where oil can come pouring out. Not a good idea.
Indeed. I had success with this, but had to chisel out the needles in order to get it in.
I think the OP's method is fine, also - but that tap is expensive! I'd be worried about galling the tap.
Yes, its more like if you just happen to have right tap in a garage. I did have, not so wise to go and buy one just for this.
Problem is, other countries don't have autozones, so i think its a good idea to have these diy options here. Everyone can choose what to try, or in bad case try them all.
With a LS1 crank this is so clean way, that your oilpan will be mint after you drop it off and clean it, while catching the oil galley plug, which you just knocked in. With truck crank, it will work, no doubt.
On the LS1 crankshafts there is a oil plug behind the pilot bearing, not sure if that plug can be pushed all the way through or if it stops on a ledge. Below is from another thread:
Originally Posted by luvyab1ue
So I was doing this job, and tried the first tool which didn’t work pilot bearing puller from auto zone both with the slide and w-o the slide. Then I did the bread thing because I didn’t read the entire post, then saw that there was something on here about freeze plugs stopped , read the post about using the slide hammer and taking the pin out and then re-installing pin with it in the bearing... this worked and fast! I wish I would have read that first! Now my freeze plug is still there but I cannot tell if it is pushed in or what? Please advise me as I tried to get a few photos, I’m freaked out. I could use the blind hole puller to try and pull the freeze plug out?
thanks and please don’t do the bread thing , that is a horrible idea.
02-12-2022 | 12:20 PM
Easy way to remove pilot bearing 
