pilot bearing problems NEED HELP FAST!

[frosted flakes]

I have the automatic transmission and we pulled it all out. Now about the pilot bearing...There is a bearing in the crank and do i tap the manual pilot bearing into that or do i have to remove the automatic bearing thing??

Thanks

Tony

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oh yeah this is an rb20det.

[PROJECTRB240SX]

ARE YOU SWAPPING TO MANUAL? IF NOT YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMOVE IT IF ITS IN GOOD CONDITION.... IF YOU ARE SWAPPING TO A MANUAL YOU NEED TO CHANGE TO A MANUAL PILOT BEARING.

[frosted flakes]

yeah i am swapping to manual like there is a bearing in there enough to fit a pilot bearing in..., i am not sure if i just tap the bearing in or remove the a/t bearing or...? i will do research...

[goofynick6]

First, get the manual pilot bearing (more like a sleeve) and compare..I didn't change the one on mine, because it was in there really hard and I didn't want to mess with it; it looked ok. So, I hope it's ok because I haven't driven it yet, except for 3 feet forward and 3 feet back to see if it even would engage.

Nick

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i figured it out. On the automatic, there is a bushing inside of the crank end (dont know what its called) for the automatic transmission. You have to pull this out before installing pilot bearing.

I guess this is something a person would only know when doing from a auto->manual swap. My friend told me who did an 5speed swap on his s14! woot! hopefully ill get this all installed by tommarrow.