How to remove a Pilot Bush(ing) aka Spigot Bush(ing) with a bolt, nut, screwdriver, ratchet/socket
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Use a bolt/nut that will pass though the bush(ing). It should be long enough to bottom out and get a socket or wrench on the head.
Once bottomed out, place the nut where it will be close to the back of the bush(ing).
Slide a flat head screwdriver down till the head is next to the nut. Pressing on the side of the nut will keep it from spinning.
Using your fingers tighten the bolt clockwise till the nut slide up making contact with the back lip of the bush(ing).
Using a ratchet/socket or wrench, tighten the bolt head while pressing the screwdriver against the nut to keep it from spinning. The nut will slide up the shaft while it presses against the bottom lip (or wedge inside the bush) of the bush(ing), pushing (or pulling) it up and out.
This is a 1964 Austin Healey 3000 Mk III
People commenting it's called a bushing, for my car it's called a bush.
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Love it when smart people do no-nonsense videos of great tips. Genius!
The smart guy was the one who did this first. Any idiot can learn a simple technique.
As a former mechanic, it's very satisfying to find makeshift solutions to a problem when you don't have the "proper tool" for the job.
Probably better than the original tool to remove this
It's not often that you come across good tips but this is one.
Freaking brilliant and simple. I totally understand how the wedge of the screwdriver works to apply pressure to the bushing. I am going to remember this method for sure.
Excellent video for explaining the procedure without obnoxious music. Thanks.
Straight, to the point, perfect. Thank you so much for such a wonderful video!
Filling the pilot hole with grease and driving an extra input shaft which fits snuggly in the bushing backs it out in a timely easy manner but you are already aware of that method also, so to each his own, many more days wrenching to you
Done that many a time, always worked too.
Back in the day I used to work on Volkswagen beetles and that’s how I used to get the bushing out. I had an output shaft for aligning the clutch. I would use that also to remove the bushing.
@RustyClam Do you mean an input shaft to align the clutch because an output shaft spline will not fit in the pilot bushing.
Used the grease sometimes but our shop had a puller.
Bread works better
This looks to be far better than all the ways I've used. Thank You for posting this.
Just think of all the bread I could have saved over the years with this trick! Great job!
Cool, I usually pump grease into void behind bearing and pound in a wood dowel, less mess the way you show.
Thank you. This trick worked so well on my car that it took me longer to find a suitable bolt&nut than to get the spigot bush(ing) out.
Aloha from sunny hot Hawaii:) Sure wish you posted this 3 decades ago. And I thought my dad was a genius for packing the cavity with grease then tapping a close fitting round drift punch to hydraulically push it out. Worked like a charm jus had to deal with cleaning up:) thanks for sharing:)
Yup ditto have used a dent puller too..but this looks less destructive
That was always how I did it, very satisfying!
Thanks!!! I was having issues using a bearing puller to remove it and your trick worked! It cost me less than 2 bucks and I didn't use a screw driver. I used a metal bicycle tire lever (used to remove the tires on bikes) and worked better than the tool! Got it off on the first try!
nice improvisation, only problem is that if the hole is blind like a lot of crankshaft pilot holes then no room for the nut to grab, then comes the hydraulic method of packing grease and pound a dowel or some suitable rod into the grease.
I've always used the grease, pilot bearing tool and hammer method. I think I'll use this trick next time, it's a lot neater.
Wet toilet paper instead of grease. No mess
Use crustless white bread,works good
@@gregtipton5347 Thats why its called Wonder Bread.
I might add your method takes longer
I mean the messing around with the nut and bolt and screw driver method
Friction is often an enemy in the engine world: But not today🙂. Great video.
That's the simplest clean method I've seen !!!
Thank you, had tried grease and slide hammer to no success and this worked a treat, thank you
AND the perfect accompaniment of "Peaceful Easy Feeling" (Eagles) in the background.
A great match for the delivery style!
I love this solution, this is the best idea, ever. there are many solutions, that involve cutting, drilling, welding making tools, but this one is the best, cause you save time, and you use bolt, nut and screwdriver, that we all have in our shops!!! Thanks for this idea, and thanks for not playing inspirational music
When I was a kid doing this procedure, a old drunk told me about shoving grease in there and using the plastic close fit guide and hitting it with a 2 pound hammer. I thought, that won't work but he was standing right there so I did it. The dang bearing came right out. I learned a lesson that day.
Thank you very much! I bought a needle bearing puller but that didnt cut it. Tried woth grease aswell but to no avail. This worked!! Thanks!!
A simple DIY pragmatic solution when faced with this problem, I would do that, thanks!
I’ve removed plenty of those over the years. Easiest way I have found is pack the hole with grease, find a piece of wood dowel rod that just fits inside, line it up and give the dowel a good smack with a 3 pound hammer. The pressure forces it right out. Works every time
I have a "Bush", in front of my house... That is a "bushing!" IE, No branches, and not wood. GREAT VIDEO THOUGH! 😛
I've pulled a lot of pilot bngs, but this is really good info. You don't allwayz have the proper tools
You can also pack it full of grease then push a bolt or cylinder in the hole. That will cause the grease to push the bushing out.
You might be able to use a bolt and just let threads grab the bushing and tighten to push it out. Never tried that before.
Exactly. I'm 70 and a retired mechanic. Grease and a pilot, never failed yet. 👍
Yep that's the way.
Wet toilet paper is usually a little cleaner than grease.
That's pretty cool, I've always pumped a little grease behind the pilot bearing and put a dowel in the hole and tapped with a hammer, works very well also.
Problem solving at its best. Thumbs up.
That's one way. I've used wet paper towels and a dowel instead of bread or grease. Less messy and easier clean up.
thought u were gonna attach Slide Hammer to Bolt somehow > well done, Sir
You can fill the hole in the bushing full of grease. Then take a clutch line up tool, or a wooden dowel that fits in the hole tight. Hit the dowel or clutch line up tool with a hammer and the pressure from the grease will push the bushing out.
That is a handy tip. Thank you for sharing.
Brilliant! - oh how we used to struggle...another idea that we used was using a Rawlbolt (expanding bolt used in wall fixings in the UK) and that worked but you had to buy one, whereupon this is by using odd bits laying about in the workshop or toolbox. Great!
Grab behind the bush! 🤣
Edit: that was insane. Great tip!
I did… she smacked me🥴
No sabes el valor que tienen estas ideas. Gracias
No I would never think of that, thanks for sharing............
Fill the hole with grease ,put a socket that fits hole insert extension in the socket backwards,tap extension,pressure pushes bushing out like magic
Depends on how the crankshaft is drilled wether this will work or not. However it is a good tip for when it can work.
Agreed! But every problem has a solution
Take a socket that just fits inside. Attach it to an extension backwards. Pump grease into the bushing hole till full. Put socket end first. Hit the extension with a hammer. Bushing pops right out.
I always put grease in and tap a Smooth shaft in, slides out nicely.
I just tried this. Worked great.
That's one good tip,would have never thought of that 👍👍👍👍
I still prefer bread. Can always eat it when you're finished 😂
Irish soap a socket & a hammer , clean job
Very easy to understand how it works. 👍
What a great idea. Genius. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome idea 💡
I’ll remember this trick, great job!
Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best.
you can take a short socket and extension that will fit tight in the bushing fill the bushing with grease insert socket hit with hammer out pops the bushing
Nice work! 🙌
Bread works great
Cool, no need to mix flour with water (grease is messy use flour instead).
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That looks easier than using bread, but the bread trick does work.
This is called fixing things without tools. Sometimes it's just what you gotta do to get the job done.
i am astonished by how fast this worked
Pack it with grease. Use a drift of the same diameter and hydraulic it out in seconds. Used to do it all the time.
Супер способ!!👍👍👍
It's good to know, i don't think bushing coming out crooked is an issue.
You can also fill the hole with bread and use a rod the size of the hole and drive it out it works I've done it
Absolutely, wicked smaaart
Not bad, less mess than hydraulicing it out
Fan bearing puller is the best for what you're shown heare
You can use grease and dowpin
Great idea
Used to remove transmission input shaft bushings by using and old transmission input shaft or the correct sized piece of bar stock first filling the bushing with grease and placing the old shaft or bar stock into the bushing and striking the shaft or bar stock with a five pound hammer and voila the hydraulic pressure pops the bushing right on out of the crank shaft!!
I bought the snap on tool 40 years ago maybe thought it was expensive back then can’t imagine price now lol
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i was taught to spline aligning tool and
grease it comes right out
Great tip, thank you for the video
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or ...load the hole with wheel bearing grease, then find a steel round anything that fits the bushing well enough, ...and tap tap tap ...bushing comes right out WITHOUT putting cock-eyed force on the bushing ...that could jam it, and/or damage the bore in the flywheel.
I've heard of people using grease and a bolt that just fits the hole,(too messy)use white bread without the crust,drive the bread in pushes the bushing right out,simple
Make sure the cranks is not drilled and capped, like the GM LS family of v8s. You’ll punch through the cap into the crank oil passage.
I have a Snap On clutch pilot bushing puller or I can use an air chisel aswell.
bread dampen it or some grease putting pilot hole use dowl to compress and will usually push it out
I don’t even know what that is but, smart!
I dread the bread 🍞 this is awesome!
Or you could just find a bolt that doesn't quite fit the hole , cut a notch in it and run it in with an impact, it will cut threads, then bottom out on the crank and the bushing will ride up the threads.
Very Good!
wow😮......genius ! 👏
Good trick.
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Una pregunta, tengo un tsuru le cambie el clutch, pero que crees que al subir la trasmicion la flecha central no quiso entrar en el clutch, y me dijo un mecánico que la punta de la flecha se deforman un poco el astriado, me dijo que con un pulidor y disco de corte, debastara las cejitas que se le vieran, lo hice y a si ya entro la flecha, Mi pregunta es, este desgaste deformación de la punta de la flecha es por el buje piloto, nunca le he cambiado ese buje, esto que te cuento ya me paso 2 veces en el mismo carro, y tuve que hacer lo mismo de
Just cool...great idea thanks
nice trick/tip
For best results use a rawbolt simples 👍
Very clever , thank you
Your my heroe, great
That was smart. Nice work there me.
Used to do a lot of these in flywheels fill hole with grease and belt a tightish rod in the grease will hydraulic it out
Hell yeah! Thanks Bro💪🏽
A socket filled with grease has worked for me.
Take a grease gun. Fill the void behind the pilot bearing with as much grease as it will take. Stick a wooden dowel, the size of the hole through the pilot bearing, and hammer it in. The hydraulic pressure will pop the bearing right out.
Also grease or wet toilet paper and a proper size punch or shaft will hydraulically push it out from behind. If the punch is too small, bush it with electrical tape till it fits perfect.
Nice job, thanks for sharing
I've always pumped grease into the cavity and then use an old imput shaft, a few strikes with a hammer and out it comes.
Good idea
PERFECT !!!! ... Thank You !!!