A/T pilot bushing removal

95tale · Mar 30, 2014

Ok so I got my turbo engine and its from an automatic not a 5 speed and my 5 speed tranny wont fit is there a way to make it fit and how

btw its a 93 eclipse

pauleyman · Mar 30, 2014

Change the backing plate and flywheel to a 5 speed. Not a big deal and well documented.

95tale · Mar 30, 2014

How do I change the flywheel? And what is the backing plate? Sorry have been through hell trying to get my car fixed

synthetek · Mar 30, 2014

You need to remove the pilot bushing from the end of the crankshaft too.

95tale · Mar 30, 2014

Ok so can somebody walk me through descriptively please? And whats a pilot bearing?

synthetek · Mar 30, 2014

95tale said:
And whats a pilot bearing?

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How do I take it out

90'AWDTalonFroggy · Mar 30, 2014

clearly entering new territory. There is lots of info on this topic Id start searching before getting flamed. Or have someone else do it if you dont know this area of the car to well.

95tale · Mar 30, 2014

90'AWDTalonFroggy said:
clearly entering new territory. There is lots of info on this topic Id start searching before getting flamed. Or have someone else do it if you dont know this area of the car to well.

I need my car like yesterday so I dnt have time to search please help

new2awd · Mar 30, 2014

u can rent the special tool to remove it from autozone. if you can get to the store us a wet rag, bar of soap, grease and a socket that fits snuggly and hammer it in, inserting more soap, grease or pieces of wet rag and it comes out.

hope that helps

synthetek · Mar 30, 2014

There are several ways to do it but here is one:

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/articles-miscellaneous/467797-removing-auto-pilot-bushing-easy.html

darknezz7 · Mar 30, 2014

Bread!

No really LOL

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfDV982g4XM]Pilot Bearing Vs Slice of Bread - YouTube[/ame]

Any above mentioned too. I use a slide hammer.

pauleyman · Mar 30, 2014

Remove flwheel bolts. Remove backing plate bolts. Install 5spd backing plate and 5spd flywheel. I dont see the confusion. Backing plate is behind flywheel.

95tale · Mar 30, 2014

Can I just grind the pilot bearing flush with where I bolt the flywheel on I have a automatic engine putting a 5 speed tranny on it I have a 93 eclipse

95tale · Mar 30, 2014

Can I just grind the pilot bearing down so my flywheel will fit?

chet1185 · Mar 30, 2014

It just pulls right out.

new2awd · Mar 30, 2014

NO!

why would you want to hack up a $10 part to have it fail? remove it install a new one and the proper flywheel

new2awd · Mar 30, 2014

use the tool/methods in your other thread! do you really want to have to pull the trans out because you ground down something that could have been changed?

95tale · Mar 30, 2014

I dont need to replace it my old engine did not have a pilot bearing the 5 speed fly wheel wont fit unless I take the pilot bearing out or grind it down I have a 5 speed trans the engine I got was from an automatic car

darknezz7 · Mar 30, 2014

why did you make another thread on this when it was just answered in your other thread like 5 times 10 different ways only 30 minutes ago?

Its a pilot bearing man, if you can get around getting that out how are you going to align and bolt up your clutch?!

darknezz7 · Mar 30, 2014

So since this will be relevant to what I am doing. I am used to manuals having pilot bearings, autos just empty. He is saying that the auto has a pilot bearing but manual does not in these cars?

I am converting a 4g64 to manual, so need to know if I need a different pilot bearing, or remove it.

Zex4g63 · Mar 30, 2014

Auto has one. Manual doesn't.

darknezz7 · Mar 30, 2014

Thanks, I'll be taking it out then during the swap.

89Patches · Mar 30, 2014

Why take on this swap if you haven't done any research?

So basically you remove the pilot bearing, swap backing plates from the manual, bolt on manual flywheel (torque flywheel 94-101ft-lbs) Then the rest is just like doing a clutch job. Pretty straight forward!!

If your already stumped with this then I can only imagine how the rest of the swap will go

95tale · Mar 30, 2014

89Patches said:
Why take on this swap if you haven't done any research?

So basically you remove the pilot bearing, swap backing plates from the manual, bolt on manual flywheel (torque flywheel 94-101ft-lbs) Then the rest is just like doing a clutch job. Pretty straight forward!!

If your already stumped with this then I can only imagine how the rest of the swap will go

I kno how to do the swap and just needed a simple question that nobody could answer all I needed to know is if I could grind the pilot bearing down flush with my flywheel cause it was a prick to get out

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