I want to give a big thank you to Hoser for all the great how to info with pictures to teach us dummies how to do things. I have pulled the axles on a few pilots with no problems I just stuck a screw driver between the cup and put a little pressure against the nut that holds the rotor mount on & they pop right out. well this Pilot is another story, I tried that and no dice.. I didnt want to go all "cave man" on it so I knew I needed to get a puller. Problem is I broke my big slide hammer about 15 years ago instead of fixing it it went into the trash. I have a smaller one but there is no way that little thing would work so on to "plan B".
I had some tubing here, so I welded 2 pieces of 1/8 thick plate to the end and then another short piece of tubing to the end for a handle. I used a damaged 327 dampener for the lide weight. Ok that was the easy part. lol..
Next was the not so easy part of stealing hosers design on the part that attaches to the stub. I cut a 2 1/2 wide piece of 1/8 steel plate 12" long. Ok that was easy but bending it in a perfect 3" circle took a little more effort.
I finally ended up using my daughters basket ball hoop pole and working the metal around it to get the shape. Then bent the ends to take two 3/8 bolts to clamp it tight. About that time I realized I forgot the add the bead of weld so it fit into the groove for the boot clamp. DoH!! so I ran a bead in it and of course got it crooked and had to grind most of it out. :-(
Next just welded two 1 inch wide pieces of 1/8 plate to it and drilled a 3/8 hole in the other ends so I could hook it to my new "snap on" slide hammer and I was ready to either remove the stub or my fingers with this new fancy tool.
I am happy to say the stubborn stub came out before my fingers got smashed..
So again Thank you once again Hoser for all your help with everything Pilot.