Spigot bearing removal pictures.

[Bahnugget]

i have one also! very cool tool (it even looks mean!)

that wet paper idea is good too! i didn't think of that.

[The Witzl]

i'd just like to dig this thread back up....

today i was attempting to remove the spigot bearing from a 20V 4age engine, and tried to use the grease method. It was working, until the front cover of the bearing popped off and grease just started to squeeze between the ballbearings.
Of course this means the grease was now not working.


I have to give Maurice some rep for the wet paper trick - it worked PERFECTLY.
I used some old newspaper, torn into small matchbox size pieces and soaked in a cup of water... smooshed them in with a screwdriver, and BASH... out came the bastard spigot bearing.

YAY!!

[Mos]

what is the use of this spigot bearing? it is there for centering the gearbox input shaft?

It locates the front of the input shaft and, indirectly, the output shaft.
The input shaft has one bearing (input shaft bearing) in the case of the gearbox, and the second bearing holds the output shaft. The spigot bearing is needed to locate the very front of the input shaft otherwise there is nothing locating the shaft properly in the assembly.
Mos.

[Moppitt]

A thought that just occurred to me, many FWD cars seem not to have spigot bearings because of the short input shaft length, yet the same engine with a rwd gearbox will have a spigot bearing (think of a 4AGE, fwd, no spigot, RWD, spigot).

Would it be worth fitting a spigot bearing if your making a pile more power than standard (say 4agte) even if still FWD? Surely the extra stability on the input shaft couldnt hurt... could it?

[Mos]

The FWD input shaft goes all the way across the box and bearings are located just behind the clutch release bearing and on the other side of the box, ie near the ends of the shaft, far apart.
The FWD input shaft does not have a spigot (knobby end).
Mos.

[Esteban]

I used the grease method just last weekend on the 2L. I used an old 11.5mm drill with a small bit of tape around the chuck-end of the drill as the plunger. I had to remove the end of the grease gun to get a decent amount of grease in the cavity as yes, it's quite large indeed!

Worked perfectly.

[The Witzl]

yeah i loaded up mine using a grease gun.... but still that bastard bearing just popped the outside cover and grease just squeezed straight out!

Wet paper worked a hell of a lot easier too, and waaaay less mess.

[chaserbuddy]

yer i used grease too. it was messy and hard to pack the grease in the hole with my fingers, took like 20 minutes to get the bastard out. i think wet paper would work better.

[Esteban]

Yeah well I like lubricants :-)

[DeftAnesthetik]

when this was brought up earlier and i said using grease was effective i meant greasing/oiling the paper (instead of water), not grease on its own.

[The Witzl]

grease paper could work?

[chaserbuddy]

grease paper could work?

i don't know...never heard of anyone using grease with paper

[rolleraction]

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until the front cover of the bearing popped off and grease just started to squeeze between the ballbearings.
Of course this means the grease was now not working.


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That exact same thing happened to me karl Grease everywhere! haha I feel better now!

[Hendo]

Wet paper FTW! just got one out with ease, thanks for the tip!