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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