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Pilot Bearing Install: How Deep?

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Old May 7, 2022 | 05:13 PM
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Default Pilot Bearing Install: How Deep?
Installing a new pilot bearing on my 2005 C6, LS2, M6. Cant find this anywhere.

How deep should I press the pilot bearing into the crank? All the way in until it bottoms out? Or just until the front of the bearing is flush with the end of the crank?
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Flush & be sure to lubricate well OD & ID.
My bad....I stand corrected.
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Originally Posted by Dave S
Flush & be sure to lubricate well OD & ID.
Really? The only info I can find related to the pilot bearing is that it should be installed dry.
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Originally Posted by randol35
Really? The only info I can find related to the pilot bearing is that it should be installed dry.
yeap ur crazy to lub. dry
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For anyone needing this info in the future: Monster said the pilot bearing presses into the crank completely dry and is pressed inward towards the engine until it bottoms out.
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OMG we just proved that info on the net could actually be false. what is this world coming to. guess i have to look other options.

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See if this helps, straight from GM service:
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