Originally Posted by Hilton

Last weekend, Jon928se came over to my place and helped me with my first clutch removal.. well, I say "helped", but basically I was tool caddy in a "pass me the 9 iron please" type of role

When it got to the Pilot bearing however, the Harbor Freight 1/2" puller just wasn't fitting right, so after a bit of creativity and trying different sizes, we came up with this.

Ingredients:

• 1x M8 50mm bolt and nut
• 1x 5mm hex key
• 1x short 1/4" extension bar (anything that fits into a flywheel bolt hole will work)

Oh, and of course a 13mm socket to turn the bolt

Put the nut onto the bolt, far enough that if can be tucked over the inner edge of the pilot bearing. Then wedge the 5mm hex key in there too.. you might have to turn the bolt a bit until there's space as the fit is close.

Then just tighten the bolt and it'll start pulling the bearing out

You may need to pause halfway, loosen the nut, and twist the hex key and bolt until the bolts on the opposite side - to pull the bearing out evenly.

So, forget the fancy Harbor Freight puller and behold..

Here's how it works in operation. You can see the 1/4" extension is just to stop the hex key from spinning as you tighten the bolt and the nut pushes on the key.



Here's the back-side after the bearing popped out, so you can see what goes on in there.



Thanks to Jon for the help.. it was hugely appreciated and I dropped off my flywheel for resurfacing this afternoon