<VV> Oilite

[Dennis & Debbie PLEAU]

He taught you the hard way, He told me to use a 5/8" course tap and thread it in until it bottoms out and keep turning and it will pull the bushing right out.  If I didn't already have the tap, I'd use the compression method, but white bread makes a smaller mess than grease.  I imagine a 5/8" tap would be pretty expensive.  I got mine at and estate sale.

dp

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chuck Kubin<mailto:dreamwoodck at yahoo.com> 
  To: virtualvairs at corvair.org<mailto:virtualvairs at corvair.org> 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:54 PM
  Subject: Re: <VV> Oilite


  "Shade-tree mechanic" as in the guys who know the simplest, least-expensive and most effective way of doing it right, without an engineering team or corporate sponsors. 
    You've heard me refer to them as the "put toothpaste on it" guys who've taught me more than I learned at aerioplane wrenchin school. Able to rebuild a big block with only hand tools, can leap a warranty issue in a single bound, faster than a speeding divorce lawyer.
    Steve taught me how to get that exact bushing out of the crank--pack it with grease and use the input shaft and light hammer taps to compact the grease and push it out of place.
     
    Chuck