<VV> Clutch Pilot Bushing Question

[vpersh at netzero.com]

I have always taken some engine oil and heated it up in a small pan and then dropped the pilot bushing in. It's fun to watch the air bubbles come out of the bushing! Never had a problem.
The last bushing I bought (and installed just last Saturday) didn't look like a typical oilite bushing. I appeared to have been machined out of solid brass. You could tell it was machined and not "cast". Are the oilites even available anymore?

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Bruce Schug <bwschug at charter.net>
To: VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Subject: Re: <VV> Clutch Pilot Bushing Question
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:15:27 -0500

I use a needle bearing sleeve with some silicone grease in it. Been  
there a long time, about 22 years. I can't tell you the specs for the  
bearing, I bought it from someone who was selling them for that  
purpose and it's worked fine for me.

On Nov 23, 2009, at 11:06 AM, airvair at earthlink.net wrote:

> That's the difference. You're using special "grease", not common  
> axle grease, as was proposed in others' previous posts.
>
> -Mark
>
>





Bruce

Bruce W. Schug
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CORSA South Carolina
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