What is the reccomended interference fit for a rod -piston pin bushing- install?

0.0015" or would 0.002" be better????

I dont wanto to just drive em at room temp because I dont want to risk shaving them off as they get driven in, and loosing some of that interference fit that will make em stay in place.

I was planning on installing them by dipping the rod in boiling water and putting the bronze bushings on dry ice.

Then driving them in with a stepped driving tool turned to the exact dimensions for the bushings im gonna be driving in.

I am thinking this would be the better way to do it to achieve a better and more snug fit -when they get back to room temp- without any damage to the OD of the bushings, and then hone them to size....given I dont have access to a machine shop that has roller burnishing tools locally.

Last edited by domingo; 08/10/18 11:53 PM.