Pilot bushing removal

I've removed several pilot bearings / bushings in my time and it's always been a pain, usually involving a slide hammer and smashed fingers or grease and a giant mess. Heard of somebody using bread instead of grease with good results so I gave it a shot...works GREAT!

On the left is the pilot bushing...on the right is one entire slice of white bread. As a bonus, the bread also absorbs all the clutch dust and other dirt, leaving a nice clean surface. :D

http://i1041.photobucket.com/albums/...asey_SS/p2.jpg

Is that with or without the crusts?

With

what did you use to drive it in? extension? socket turned around backward?

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Originally Posted by Fbody383

what did you use to drive it in? extension? socket turned around backward?

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A big bolt that fit inside the bushing with a couple layers of tape around the end to make it a snug fit.

You have white bread in Austin?

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Originally Posted by Trublu

You have white bread in Austin?

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You have to dig through a lot of multi-grain to get to it, but yeah, we do. ;)

I bet it was organic, with wheat crushed by hand...

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Originally Posted by marshall_mosty

I bet it was organic, with wheat crushed by hand...and moistened with Olsen twin tears.

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Fixed that for ya

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Originally Posted by Casey_SS

Fixed that for ya

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Marshall will only eat it if Celine Dion harvested the wheat herself.

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Originally Posted by Rob Liebbe

Marshall will only eat it if Celine Dion harvested the wheat herself.

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It needs to be noted that the wheat is grown with her "greatest hits" being played over loud speaker at the fields...

I don't if any of you have been out to the Driveway Austin track....but you drive right by one of those organic gardens. I got a chuckle thinking about my car spewing exhaust fumes in the direction of that little garden. :D

Do you go out to the driveway often? I've coached out there for years but have never seen you?

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Originally Posted by Suck fumes

Do you go out to the driveway often? I've coached out there for years but have never seen you?

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No... I have only been once attending a NASA management meeting a few years ago, but we got to play on the track a little.

OOO yah I remember that. That was when Jay and Shannon ran our region. I was out there breaking in the motor on one of the school cars.

Was reading these posts to my wife and she said that Celine has a new album out..... Which typically leads to a new tour.... GULP!!!

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Originally Posted by marshall_mosty

Was reading these posts to my wife and she said that Celine has a new album out..... Which typically leads to a new tour.... GULP!!!

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15 y/o daughter... proud new owner of One Direction tickets... i feel your pain.

The new American gothic: A dimly lit living room with Celine playing in the back ground as MM softly reads from the PC screen forum notes to the Mrs. Fade to black.

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Originally Posted by cobra132

The new American gothic: A dimly lit living room with Celine playing in the back ground as MM softly reads from the PC screen forum notes to the Mrs. Fade to black.

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That's not how it went down... But close.

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Originally Posted by AllZWay

No... I have only been once attending a NASA management meeting a few years ago, but we got to play on the track a little.

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that was a fun day! I had ryan logan sitting right seat in one of the old cop cars trying to talk to his wife on the phone. Have to give him credit as he never dropped it. Patterson and I were running REALLY hard in those cars chasing each other as hard as we could. I remember the track owner standing at the turn in point on one of the curbs 1" away from the track and pointing for all of us to get closer, Closer, CLOSER. He was frantic. I brought that crown vic in with a little yaw and may have swiped his leg with the rear bumper. he wasn't there on the next lap around! LOL! I do remember him telling us they fish the cop cars out of the sand trap at the end of the back straight all the time! LOL! Tight track for a race car but fun for a street car.

Yah Bill always stands over there trying to help out the students during classes. I always enjoy going out there to test stuff.