Pilot bushing removal is no fun

[PanhandleShantyman]

Ok gents, time for an update on the stuck pilot bushing of doom:

I bought the grease gun fitting Alloyvert mentioned, but this also didn't budge my bushing, pump as hard as I might.

So then I tapped it and ran a bolt through it to push it out, like RichardJ suggested. The threads in the soft bronze just stripped right out on the bolt, and again the bushing would not move!

So then I left the truck in "timeout" on the jackstands in my garage while I went to Las Vegas on vacation.

When I got back I got a tungsten carbide cutter bit for the ol' Dremel tool and cut through the bushing. Once I did that, it came out real easy with the Harbor Freight puller. (in my rage I cut too deep and actually gouged a pretty decent cut through the bushing and into the crankshaft....oops...I'm sure that will be fine...)

I dunno what the heck was up with this bushing. I think I bought $200 of tools and tried every dang trick in the book to extract this thing, all of which failed to budge it a single hair:
1: Harbor Freight /Autozone pilot bushing puller. FAILED
2: Grease and bread method with extension rod mandrel. FAILED
3: Grease and bread method with custom fit oak mandrel. FAILED
4: Slide hammer. FAILED
5: Tap-in style grease fitting . FAILED
6: Running a bolt through tapped bushing FAILED
7: physical destruction of the cursed bushing with a tungsten carbide cutter: SUCCESS

I think I'll use the remains of it as a doorstop. As hard as the thing is to move, that should make my house burglar-proof.

Anyway thanks everybody for all the help!

[Getter-Done]

Glad to hear you Got it out .