Bread Trick

[Stormb10]

OK maybe this is old hat but I had never heard of it. I just had to share this. I had never heard of this using bread to remove the pilot bearing from the crank? Has anybody else heard of this? Well, I tried it on my pilot bearing and it totally worked. I couldn't believe it. I guess you can use grease too but this worked and was less messy. The idea is to shove bread in the hole as much as you can then using a close fitting bolt or similar pound on the bread and compact it, then add more bread to fill the space again. Repeat until the bearing pops out. Amazing! Tom

 

[puff4]

Cool!

What works best... white or whole wheat?

 

[Ken Ellis]

Yes, grease is used quite often. Turns it into a hydraulic piston.

(Bread (white) is also used in water pipe repair, to temporarily dam residual water from a mostly-drained pipe while installing valves, etc. It'll wash away quickly when you restore water pressure.)

 

[AutoX47]

I guess you can use grease too but this worked and was less messy.

If you say so, Tom - I see those bread crumbs! Pretty neat idea though

 

[socorob]

that was a ryeteous tip.