Date:         Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:12:53 -0000
Reply-To:     Tony Polson <tp@WHSMITHNET.CO.UK>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tony Polson <tp@WHSMITHNET.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: starter bush
Comments: To: Dan <william.winget@VERIZON.NET>
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Dan wrote:
>
> trying to replage the starter in my 87 westy  how do I get
the old starter
> bush out of the block?  the old one has to come out,  now
that I damaged it
> trying to remove it.  had I known I would have left it
alone and just put
> the new starter in.



I read this on a UK Vanagon site:  One clever way of
removing the bush is to find a metal rod whose diameter is
just smaller than the inside diameter of the bush.  Put a
large blob of grease on the end of the rod and insert the
rod it into the bush and push.  The grease will force out
the bush.

I haven't tried this myself, but at least two people said
they had, and that it worked for them.  (I was planning to
replace my starter because it turned the engine very slowly,
but replacing the gearbox ground strap - and cleaning the
metal where it connected - cured the problem.)

Tony