Hey Walter, I recently did this job on an 87 Syncro. To install the new bushing, I first found a bolt with a diameter silghtly smaller than the inside diameter of the bushing. I then threaded a nut onto the bolt so that the distance between the bottom of the nut and bottom of the bolt was slightly less than the height of the bushing. I then wrapped a bit of paper around the bottom of the bolt and slid the bushing on. With the paper in place, the bushing held onto the bolt pretty well. After that, I just lined up the bushing with the hole in the case and tapped it home. I got lucky and it slid in with no problems on my first attempt. good luck, jake --- On Sun, 9/14/08, neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote: From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: Installing Starter Bushing To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Sunday, September 14, 2008, 11:14 AM This likely goes without saying, but.... Maybe a piece of wood (hardwood?) and your bp hammer would be best for tapping in the new bushing. For sure they're brittle. Cheers, Neil. On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Walter Houle <whoule@ecscontrols.com> wrote: > My starter swap was going fine until I crunched the new bushing while > tapping it in. Everything was going fine up until that point. I searched > the archives and used the tap trick to remove the old bushing. I was using > an old steel clutch pilot tool and a small ball peen hammer to seat the > new one. They are pretty fragile I guess. Are replacement bushings readily |
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