Can I use that old bread/wet toilet paper trick to remove the pilot bearing?
NO! This trick (which involves stuffing either bread or wet toilet paper into and behind the bearing to force it out) does not work because the area behind the pilot bearing is simply a freeze plug. If you force a lot of bread/tp into it, the bearing may come out but it can push that plug through the crankshaft and into the oil pan. This can cause an insane amount of oil to be lost, which in turn will ruin all of the friction material on the clutch. To remove the pilot bearing, either carefully cut it with a dremel tool, or use a very small puller for it (buy it or rent it from Auto Zone). 7. What’s the deal with ’01-’02 hydraulics? My ’98-’00 stuff seems to work fine. If you are going to go through the trouble of dropping the transmission, you might as well change the master and slave cylinder while you are there. While your master & slave may be working okay now, it is a good idea to replace it with the ’01-’02 hydraulics anyway…because otherwise if your slave fails later on, you wil
