input shaft bearing
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input shaft bearing ok ive spent hours searching on here and google to no avail. does anyone have any idea how to get the "pocket" bearing race out of the input shaft. its the bearing that goes between the input shaft and the mainshaft. i got the bearing changed on the mainshaft but i cant get that ****ing race out of the input shaft. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks and preferably soon...i would like my transmission done pretty quick. thanks
using a press and different sized bearing separators is what worked for me.
IIRC, I had to break the old bearing apart (or maybe it just did, trying to pull it) and once I was just messing with the inner piece I was able to get it off.
I see why the recommend not changing them unless absolutely necessary.
IIRC, I had to break the old bearing apart (or maybe it just did, trying to pull it) and once I was just messing with the inner piece I was able to get it off.
I see why the recommend not changing them unless absolutely necessary.
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yeah its that stupid inner piece i cant get out. nothing to grab ahold of it and pull with. and it does need to be changed. this transmission is a pain in the ***! but its all i have left besides the tailshaft bushing to do.
yeah, I forget what I did, I think I had to grind/cut on one of my bearing separators to get a good bite. I just bought crappy stuff at Harbor Freight, so it wasnt like I was grinding on some expensive Snap on tools. 
Good luck with that. I remember I was pretty pissed off!
Good luck with that. I remember I was pretty pissed off!
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if i was pissed off id be happy 
but i just cant get that damn race out of in end of the input shaft. makes me hate my car even more...im already to the point i wanna sell the stupid general mistake pos.
but i just cant get that damn race out of in end of the input shaft. makes me hate my car even more...im already to the point i wanna sell the stupid general mistake pos. Thread Starter
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i have actually thought about both of those ideas...only the welder isnt here at the house. and we done have the other thing 
also i will be giving Joe a call tomorrow about the tailshaft bushing. thanks i hope to have my car going again soon. i have been without it all winter. im ready for it back.
also i will be giving Joe a call tomorrow about the tailshaft bushing. thanks i hope to have my car going again soon. i have been without it all winter. im ready for it back. Trending Topics
Yeah I had to cut out a pilot bearing that wouldn't budge once out of the rear of an engine. I almost cut all the way through, it cracked at the very end.
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its deff screwed up. theres surface rust on the race. and im not going to risk ****ing up a newly rebuilt transmission because i didnt change out a $5 bearing race! that thing is coming out one way or another. some how some way some time that thing is coming out SOON. i miss my car, im sick of driving a ford
Make sure you buy the thicker ones with the criss-cross thread in it (looks like a real cut off wheel) and not those cheap, thin maroon/brown wheels that snap if you aren't perfectly perpendicular to the thing you are cutting.
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race is out ready for a new one in the morning then the transmission will be going almost all the way back together on monday! then after the foot of snow is gone then its lay in the mud and put the tranny in.
