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StephenSheppard · 02-27-2013, 11:16 PM

Next what usually happens is the bottom oil seal stays in the pinion bore. Get creative and figure out a way to destroy it so you can remove it. I drive a tiny screw driver between it and the housing and progressively move up to a larger one till the seal collapses and can be grabbed with needle nose pliers or something. There it is down there.

Here it is after removal, not pretty.

Now you can slide the rack out. The rack bushing (Inside the tube still) May need some motivation to get moving, just use the rack as a slide hammer to pull the rack bushing from it's seat. Here it is just pulled out of the end of the tube. Notice it's right up next to the piston (The slide hammer lol)

Go ahead and pull the rack completely out at this point.

Lots of stuff to clean up.

Tried to get you a picture of the seal that's down there in the tube, didn't work out well but trust me it's there also there's a support washer behind it.

Here's the rack support piece easily coming out now since there's plenty of holes to stick your finger in at this point and push it out.

Lots of old grease and stuff in there.

You don't have to remove the bearing unless your replacing it (Does not come with the kit) or you need to remove it to clean the rack out as well as possible. I wanted to clean it our really good so I removed it.

Easiest way to remove it is with a kit like this, which you should have so you can remove your pilot bearings in your flywheel as well. You can see the second to the smallest size is the pilot bearing size. This sucker never fails! You can buy it at Harbour Frieght. I think it's called a "Blind hole bearing puller" or something like that. The smallest size has the bearing on it I just pulled out.

Here's how it works. You insert it through the center of the bearing, then thread the rear piece into the front piece which expands the front piece capturing the center of the bearing.

Then thread the slide hammer onto the rear piece and rack the hammer once or twice and the bearing comes out. On pilot bearings (For the transmission) it may take many blows of the hammer to remove the pilot bearing depending on the condition of the flywheel and bearing.

02-27-2013, 11:16 PM	#2
StephenSheppard Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 58 Rep Power: 13	Next what usually happens is the bottom oil seal stays in the pinion bore. Get creative and figure out a way to destroy it so you can remove it. I drive a tiny screw driver between it and the housing and progressively move up to a larger one till the seal collapses and can be grabbed with needle nose pliers or something. There it is down there. Here it is after removal, not pretty. Now you can slide the rack out. The rack bushing (Inside the tube still) May need some motivation to get moving, just use the rack as a slide hammer to pull the rack bushing from it's seat. Here it is just pulled out of the end of the tube. Notice it's right up next to the piston (The slide hammer lol) Go ahead and pull the rack completely out at this point. Lots of stuff to clean up. Tried to get you a picture of the seal that's down there in the tube, didn't work out well but trust me it's there also there's a support washer behind it. Here's the rack support piece easily coming out now since there's plenty of holes to stick your finger in at this point and push it out. Lots of old grease and stuff in there. You don't have to remove the bearing unless your replacing it (Does not come with the kit) or you need to remove it to clean the rack out as well as possible. I wanted to clean it our really good so I removed it. Easiest way to remove it is with a kit like this, which you should have so you can remove your pilot bearings in your flywheel as well. You can see the second to the smallest size is the pilot bearing size. This sucker never fails! You can buy it at Harbour Frieght. I think it's called a "Blind hole bearing puller" or something like that. The smallest size has the bearing on it I just pulled out. Here's how it works. You insert it through the center of the bearing, then thread the rear piece into the front piece which expands the front piece capturing the center of the bearing. Then thread the slide hammer onto the rear piece and rack the hammer once or twice and the bearing comes out. On pilot bearings (For the transmission) it may take many blows of the hammer to remove the pilot bearing depending on the condition of the flywheel and bearing.