[NoVa-Corvairs] Follow-Up from Today's Meeting

[Bull Run Philosophical Society]

Someone may have covered this in a note I didn't read, but another way 
of removing the pilot bushing is The Superior Wet Paper Method.

You dip bits of newspaper in water and pack them into the bushing, 
then drive the input shaft into the bushing to force the bushing out. 
  You have to pause and add more paper as you go.  The paper doesn't 
squish out of a worn bushing the way grease does, and the residue is 
not messy and easy to remove.

Al

Darrin Hartzler wrote:
> 
> I have done the bread route...very easy and no mess.  Not sure if 
> anybody mentioned soaking the pilot bushing in oil overnight (at least) 
> ahead of installation, but it is recommended as well.
> 
> Darrin
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> 	Bryan Blackwell <bryan@skiblack.com>
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> I have heard of, but not tried, using Wonder Bread or similar instead
> of grease works well and is much less messy.  If you have a dog then
> clean up consists of "Look, yummy scraps on the floor!" :-)
> 
> On Nov 28, 2004, at 4:46 PM, Curtis L Shimp wrote:
> 
>  > Regarding the replacement of the pilot bushing, use the long metal
>  > input
>  > shaft that we put back into the transaxle.  First, note the location of
>  > the pilot bushing in the hole.  There is room behind the bushing and
>  > you
>  > don't want to drive the new one in too far.  Then pack grease into the
>  > hole in the old pilot bushing.  Pack in enough so the it fills up the
>  > recess behind the bushing and comes about half way out down the length
>  > of
>  > the bushing hole.  Then place the end of the input shaft that would
>  > normally go there into the pilot bushing.  Then place a piece of 2 x 4"
>  > on the other end and strike the wood at the end of the shaft with a
>  > hammer.  This will pack the grease into the recess behind the pilot
>  > bushing and the hydraulic force will push out the pilot bushing from
>  > behind.  You may have to stop once or twice to repack the hole with
>  > more
>  > grease.  The force of the hammer blows will not hurt the input shaft
>  > but
>  > make sure that the struck end is protected with the wood.  You don't
>  > have
>  > to use wood but anything such as a heavy piece of rubber that will
>  > protect the spines on the end of the input shaft.
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