Last year I could not get a bronze pilot bushing out of the crank on my 396. I tried making a self tapping screw out of a large bolt and adapting that to a dent puller but the bushing was in tight and I succeeded in trashing the bushing. No auto parts stores had a removal tool, but one counterman told me something he heard. I packed the opening and behind the bushing with wheel bearing grease, then found a wood dowel rod a little larger in dia. than the bushing opening. Sanded the dowel down to just fit in the bushing opening. Put the dowel in the bushing and hit it with a hammer a couple of times and the bushing popped out. Hydraulic pressure of the grease pushes the bushing out from behind, providing the bushing isn't bottomed out in the crank. von

This is absolutely correct. If you have an old tranny input shaft, use it the same way, and use it again to install the new bushing (if you use a bearing it must be pressed in, not hammered). And then use it again to center up the clutch disc before tightening the pressure plate bolts.

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[This message has been edited by DZAUTO (edited 02-23-99).]

That is a trick we often use in the shop I work in. Good tip!

The pullers never work anyway!

Scooter,

>>The pullers never work anyway!

You got that right! What a waste of time.

Tom