Pilot bearing bushing removal without tool (better than bread & grease) G35/350Z 

Omg you are a freaking genius, I’ve been fighting with mine for 3 hours because it was stuck with rust, I tried this and took it out in a minute. Thank you so much. I used an impact driver btw.

I was trying to remove the spigot bearing on my 60-year-old MF35 tractor which needed a clutch replacement (bearing had never been previously removed even though I did the clutch 40 years ago). Tried the bread method for a couple of hours but that did not work. Tried your method but initially, it failed to work as the inner part of the bearing kept rotating. I gave up but filled the cavity behind the bearing with a mixture of 33% kerosene and 67% auto transmission fluid and rotated the flywheel to distribute it. Came back 24 hours later and tried your method again, with a different bolt and screwdriver. Did not experience the problem I had initially, and the bearing eased out easily. That made me a happy bloke, thanks!

ABSOLUTE GENIUS LEVEL! Tried the grease method, but only blew the dust shields off, which was worthless. One thing worth mentioning, you have to play around with where to jam the scewdriver in so the bolt doesn't move, but after that, its butta.

Dang! Big brain plays over here! Never done it this way but that had it out in under a minute of wrenching!

I just watched this video after spending an hour and half trying to get my pilot bearing out. .it worked easy and had it out in 5 minutes.. thank you

Worked perfect with some old hardware I had laying around. The actual pilot pulled tool would not bite the brown it bearing. Thanks for the upload!

Took me more time finding the right nut and bolt than this actually took to do! Thanks for this =)

Worked! Best solution on RU-vid! Keep up the good work.

This technique works fantastic. Thank you for making this video

Worked perfectly. I was having issues with everything spinning until I introduced an impact gun. Quick clean easy

This worked great on my 1948 Chevrolet! Thanks for sharing your ideas!

Thanks Buddy. Grease method did not work for me but this did on my 2006 Xterra. It's a VQ40 DE. Pretty similar. Lifesaver.

It worked. Thanks man. I got my rb25det auto spigot bush out after watching this.

Good job ... That worked great and was quick and easy !!

Wow. That's a great idea & as you said it's much cleaner than grease.💯👍

Many thanks from the uk, helped me sort my 300zx clutch👌

Thank you for sharing the great idea. The pilot bearing is one of the bigger headaches of replacing your clutch. Bravo.

A+ method sir, youre the best kinda guy to turn wrenches with

This is such a helpful video!

I jus literally went out side and did it this way and it worked, took it out in 2mins

smart man, thanks. 3:45 am... bout to have to try this. hope i can find the right damn nut and bolt.

Worked really well. Cheers!

you are a genius. Thanks.

That's awesome, thanks for vid.

thanks brooo u the man, saavior

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Amazing! You are hired

You are a Star ⭐⭐⭐!!!

It worked thanks

great idea

I like it. I like it alot.

Clean 😲👍🏼

Thanks man,

good idea!

Thankyou

The bolt screwed in may damage housing of some machines like ceiling fan body. Hammering candle wax is way better methid.

What side bolt are guys using I cannot seem to find the correct one…

Hell yeah

Legit!

First！

Good idiea

Does this work If the nut doesn’t go over the edge? I have a needle style pilot bearing and looks pressed fully in with no space behind it

the pilot bearing is the same throughout all nissan and infinity manual transmissions. if you changed the title this would probably find more ppl

What a legend. Is auto pilot different from manual?.

Gonna try this after doing the bread method for half an hour. I’ll be back to share results

what made you change the bushing

What size bolt?

All good until the bolt breaks! I used dremel accessorie #9901. Tungsten carbide tip. Carefully cut at the 3 and 9 o'clock position repeatedly to avoid cutting into the crankshaft. Took 10 minutes with the carbide cutting bit.

make sure you use a strong bolt. i broke off the bolt. finally had to dremel out the bearing.

🤔💯❤🙏

Didn't even look up a video pacific to my car and your still came u nothing in the title about the car either still my car 😂

"Big mess" with bread? Not that I noticed when I learned/used that method about an hour ago. I can see the grease variation being a god-awful mess, though.Took about 3-4 minutes to pop my pilot bearing (Which, up until then, had refused to budge, regardless of what I tried) with a slice of bread and the spline-aligner tool that came in the box with the new clutch. The total cleanup afterwards was "stick a screwdriver into the wad of bread in the hole, flick it out (it came out as a single, solid piece - though I imagine it's possible to get over-ambitious and chisel it into a pile of crumbs) pick it up, and toss it in the trash". With your method, I'd be worried about getting the bearing/bushing "cocked" in the hole because of only putting force on one side, effectively locking it in place and requiring driving it back in to get it straight enough to try again.

Hero. Two hours wasted on rust. 1 min fix.