Just like the title states...How do you remove the pilot bearing?

 

Pack the hole full of grease and find a suitable size solid peice of metal tube(solid) and give it a whack with a hammer.....it should pop out.At least that is the way i used to do it on older cars and it worked most of the time.

 

I think I had that size easy out and it bottomed out on the crank pushing it out.

 

they have pilot bearing removers available at parts stores for rent. just a lil 2jaw tool that expands to catch the backside of the bearing and you use the slide hammer to pull it out. easy. takes a whole 10 seconds to do with the right tools.

 

I will check on that tonight...thanks!

 

+1. I went to Checker and used a puller they had for rent

 

Sorry for the noob question, but what is a pilot bearing and what does it do?

 

It helps align the clutch disc when installing a new unit.

Sometimes the input shaft of the tranny extends into that bearing but not always. On the old maxima it did not.

If the G does not, it really gets no wear at all. Not sure why the OP is pooping it out.

 

Worked like a charm...thanks

 

Thanks Jeff.

 

I believe the tranny input shaft does in fact reach into the pilot bearing on the G/Z. I only changed it on my friends Z cuz it came with the JWT kit that CZP was selling.

 

I have used the two and three prong pullers on many and they never seem to work worth a damn. Packing it with grease and using a punch has worked on the most stubborn so far for me. Seems that the newer cars do not have a lot of surface to bite with the pullers from what I have found.
Some come out easy and others will fight you for hours.