Ok so I thought this was the easy part.

Pulled off the little spring clip that holds it in the crank but it doesn't want to let go. trying to get behind it and pull but it is not coming.. The flywheel is still in place but that is not obstructing.
What do you guys do for this?
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'75 Jeep CJ5 345Hp ChevyPwrd, two motorcycles, '85 Pickup: The '89 Volvo is the newest vehicle I own. it wasn't Volvos safety , it was Longevity that sold me http://home.no.net/ebrox/Tony's%20cars.htm

I made a little do-hickey for my slide hammer. It didn't take much at all...it just wasn't working with what I was using
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'75 Jeep CJ5 345Hp ChevyPwrd, two motorcycles, '85 Pickup: The '89 Volvo is the newest vehicle I own. it wasn't Volvos safety , it was Longevity that sold me http://home.no.net/ebrox/Tony's%20cars.htm

Good to hear you've, uh, regained your bearings. Besides a custom groung do-hickey, one other thing that I've had success with is WET TOILET PAPER! (?!) Take a wad of toilet paper and stuff it down the hole, add water, take your punch and pound it in.Keep adding paper, and it should jack itself out of there. I guess the theory is the same as the grease trick mentioned already, but thought I'd throw that into the mix, so to speak. The other thing that I've had to do when the bearing completely disintegrates and leaves just the outside shell on is to take a carbide cutting bit on one of those cable driven Dremel type polishing tools and cut through the outer sleeve. You can then remove it relatively easily since the pressure is now reduced.

I knew if I had to, I could Break up the bearing then colapse the outter shell but I figured I'd ask first because once you trash the Bearing, you are commited to getting it out. The bearing was getting tired so I'm glad I did get it squared away.
Just as a side note on Volvo Clutches. I have a hair under 300K miles on this car and original clutch. Take calipers to the New Clutch vs the old, It appears as though I could have put another 200K miles on teh car before hitting teh rivets.
I'm not looking forward to getting the trani back in. Any secrets on lifting, rotating, pushing the is trani into the Engine? I never have luck sliding tranis back in and finding the Pilot bearing.
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'75 Jeep CJ5 345Hp ChevyPwrd, two motorcycles, '85 Pickup: The '89 Volvo is the newest vehicle I own. it wasn't Volvos safety , it was Longevity that sold me http://home.no.net/ebrox/Tony's%20cars.htm

Never done this before but it sounds like a brilliant solution:

http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/?id=1206280&rss=1

Onkel Udo

I did give a thought to supporting the trani through the hole. We used to pull up tranis that way on Old trucks. Back then, car companies were smart enough to make the entire floor-board Hump unscrew off. Everything was exposed and easy.
Catching the hardware through the shifter hole... interesting

THANKS
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'75 Jeep CJ5 345Hp ChevyPwrd, two motorcycles, '85 Pickup: The '89 Volvo is the newest vehicle I own. it wasn't Volvos safety , it was Longevity that sold me http://home.no.net/ebrox/Tony's%20cars.htm

Could you describe the 'do-hickey'?

It's always good to have another trick in the bag.
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'80 DL 2 door, '89 DL Wagon

I tried twice to e-mail you through this Website. It got rejected both times. Basically it was a Hook that I put on a slide hammer. Obviously pretty small to get through the hole in the bearing and behind teh bearing is shallow too.
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'75 Jeep CJ5 345Hp ChevyPwrd, two motorcycles, '85 Pickup: The '89 Volvo is the newest vehicle I own. it wasn't Volvos safety , it was Longevity that sold me http://home.no.net/ebrox/Tony's%20cars.htm

That's because I don't keep an email address in my profile. Sorry about that. But thanks for trying.

I asked because somewhere amongst my tools is an old dent puller that might be adapted for the purpose. Not that I really need to.

Glad you got yours out with no problem.
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'80 DL 2 door, '89 DL Wagon

Pilot bearing puller.
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'80 DL 2 door, '89 DL Wagon

I have not tried this but read it here. Find a dowel that fits snugly into the center hole of the bearing, pack the hole with grease, place the dowel in the hole and tap with a hammer. The theory is pressure on the grease forces the bearing out.
Dan

"The theory is pressure on the grease forces the bearing out.
Dan" That tecnique is more than just theory--it will work on the most stubborn of pilot bearings. Glad to see Tony H got his out. -- Dave

Yes but I have not tried it and can not speak from experience.
Dan