Does the T-5 pilot bearing need to come out for an AOD to go in?

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Naw, you can still hook the autozone hook attachment into it just fine. That's their official part. I didnt lose anything by grinding away half the bearing. It's a puller attachment but I dont know of any puller that pulls from it's centerpoint. All of the pullers push in with the center shaft. I have a crank puller, steering wheel puller and the jaws puller which just effortlessly snapped off the rim of the bearing.

Come on dude, it's not like I'm the only one who's gotten totally frustrated after spending a whole afternoon prying away at a single stripped bolt, wretched stuck O2 sensor, extracting a hopelessly rusted snapped off bolt or some other little pathetic 30 second thing that baloons into some all day project where you're just not getting anywhere.

Gonna go get a dent puller and try that later