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

[crazypete]

I have achieved......VICTORY!

I attached a picture of the remnants for all you bearing haters out there. Afterwards, I'm gonna take it outside and jump up and down on it and yell at it and stuff.

As Andy mentioned, the slide hammer ripped the caged roller out from inside and I exclaimed muther-hugger! I then went ballistic drilling it apart and I guess all the slide hammering I did losed it and it started turning and finally got slidehammered out. What an ordeal.

Steel you say? It drilled pretty painlessly. I was assuming it was aluminum cause when I went through and hit the back of the crank, the drill didnt even scratch the crank a bit but cut through the bearing like butter. I guess the crank is super hardened steel.