[Spridgets] It's a pilot bushing miracle

Ron Soave soavero at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 29 18:45:58 MDT 2009


If you raced, you'd have choice of broken input shafts to use. Best fit possible. Drilling it out is still way easier, but this was satisfying.

Frank wrote: 
> Ron Soave wrote:
>> After talking to Peter and thinking "why not?" (some of the best and worst times of my life have started with that phrase), for the very first time in maybe 15 tries, the "grease and input shaft" trick worked for pilot bushing removal. The grease did not go on my person or all over the shop as previous attempts over the years. The bushung cracked into 35 pieces or so and was a pain to clean up, but I'll call it a success.
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> With grease and a suitable drift, aka a 1/4" drive 7/16 socket with an extension stuck in it, it works for me all the time, I just popped one out last week.
> -- Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> My own Fleet of Sprites


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