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Re: [oletrucks] Frozen pilot bushing

To: "Tony D'Angelo" <tonyd3@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Frozen pilot bushing
From: Thomas Allen <thomasa@halcyon.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 08:37:03 -0700
Try freezing it with dry ice. Brass has a higher thermal expansion rate
than iron so it will shrink faster. You also might try renting a pilot
bearing puller, which is a slide hammer affair. It might save you lots of
time.

-Tom Allen
51 3800 

At 10:30 PM 6/2/99 -0700, Tony D'Angelo wrote:
>Over the weekend I took down the transmission and removed the clutch.  The
>cause of the chatter in my earlier post was a bad pressure plate.
>
>I have got everything apart, but the pilot bushing doesn't want to move,
>even after tapping on it using a 5 lb. slide hammer.  I don't have a pilot
>bushing attachment for the slide hammer, so I was using a bolt head.  It
>seems like this has worked for me in the distant past, but clearly not with
>this bushing.
>
>One guy suggested packing the bushing hole with plumber's putty then driving
>in a tight fitting rod (or bolt) to push the bushing out by displacing the
>putty.  Someone else suggested sending a tap through the bushing and then
>using a bolt to pull the bushing out.
>
>Does anyone have any other suggestions, or comments on which method would be
>more effective?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Tony D.
>51 1/2 ton
>
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> 
Tom Allen
Seattle, WA
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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