LS3 Pilot bearing help!

[Zachalanche]

So I really didn't expect this to work. Any one tried the bread trick? I figured the bread might not squeeze between the bearing races like the grease did, but even with that logic I figured this would be a dead end. But hey, why not have the back of my crank stuffed with grease and bread. I could follow with some butter and jam next.

So, late last night I got after it with 3 pieces of white bread a glass of milk and a bolt custom ground to fit the inner bearing race, wheat probably would have worked as well, but I would rather save that for eating. first slice pushed out most of the grease and made quite a mess. Second slice in and the bread started pushing bread through the bearing making grease covered french-fries. At this point I am certain this isn't going to work, but I had one more slice that I had already handled with my greasy fingers so I wasn't going to give up until it was also stuffed into some part of my engine. I made sure to peel the crust and use that first in hope that it would somehow clog the openings between the bearing balls. By this point I was swinging the hammer quite a bit harder out of frustration when I noticed the outer bearing race was standing slightly proud of the crank. I took a big drink of the milk, quickly gathered up some greasy bread fries off the floor and recycled them into the center of the bearing stuffed the bolt in behind it and gave it a few more enthusiastic whacks with the hammer, and whalla:





Not only did the bread successfully press the bearing out without damaging the crank, it also cleaned all of the grease out. all I had to do was sweep up the bread with a dust pan. Wish I would have tried this first because my hands are so sore from slide hammering that I can barely hold this glass of milk.