044 build

[drf256]

Take a Pic and try to measure where your seals are now. You’ll need to put them back at the same depth. Don’t forget.

 

[BuckthornBonnie]

The puller is the best way, but I’ve used a good vice, heat, and a punch before with success. Foil or other shielding around the crank lets you heat the bearing with a torch or heat gun. Then, you can carefully pry up the bearing with screwdrivers. Mweba may still have a video with a version of this procedure. It was on YouTube a few years ago (290 rebuild I think).

This is if that bearing will get replaced... don’t plan on using one removed by this method.

 

[Basher]

The proper tool is a bearing separator like the one pictured below, it is already connected to pull the bearing off the crankshaft so its a bit difficult to see how the pulling plate grabs behind the bearing shell but its basically two halves of a plate,

 

[Adirondackstihl]

The proper tool is a bearing separator like the one pictured below, it is already connected to pull the bearing off the crankshaft so its a bit difficult to see how the pulling plate grabs behind the bearing shell but its basically two halves of a plate,

That’s a nice set!!
Where’d ya pick that up?

 

[Basher]

Our automotive outlets, NAPA Autopro has them in all sizes and another place, Princess Auto also stocks them.

 

[MustangMike]

That is what my HF tool looks like, and it was not expensive.