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Re: Installing Bronze pilot bushing
[Re: Commando1]
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01/04/11 12:32 PM
01/04/11 12:32 PM
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Clean the crank hole...
In addition, may I add that I always use a brake cyl. hone to clean it up. You need a small one of course. A KD 267 is perfect.
That's the tool my machinist used when he installed the pilot bushing in my 1966 440 crank. The pilot bushing hole was there, but with the engine coming out of an automatic car it was unfinished and needed some work to make the bushing fit.
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Re: Installing Bronze pilot bushing
[Re: MO_PA]
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01/04/11 01:43 PM
01/04/11 01:43 PM
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Not all cranks are bored to the correct inside diameter...beware of this. If your crank has an unfinished hole you can get an undersize bushing that may or may not be a decent fit. If the bushing fits too tightly it will crush too much and the trans shaft will not fit.
I forgot to add common sense must be used when fitting.
logan426
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Re: Installing Bronze pilot bushing
[Re: 440challenger]
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01/04/11 01:59 PM
01/04/11 01:59 PM
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I cheated when I did mine. Freeze the bushing. Clean the hole in the crank and make sure it's got a chamfer. Once it's prepped, hang a balancer puller off the crank. Slide the frozen bushing between the crank and puller. Use a plate between the ram and bushing. Crank away but do it before the bushing thaws out. This is just a random photo of the puller I grabbed from the net. I have a pic of my install at home but I'm not sure if it's on my current hard drive or the one that fragged.
We are brothers and sisters doing time on the planet for better or worse. I'll take the better, if you don't mind. - Stu Harmon
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