Date:         Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:35:38 -0400
Reply-To:     TonyCollins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         TonyCollins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Removing starter bushing
Comments: To: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
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It is an easy but slow job with a 7/16 tap iirc. Someone  check my brain. I did this from the top with a mirror. 

Tip: stuff a rag in the bell housing so that the tap, bushing or crud do not fall in. The mirror is just for placement the rest you do by feel an slowly. 

The tap will bottom out and pull the bushing along. When it's free you will feel it loosen up. 

To install I used a long bolt with a nut on it to drive the new bushing in place. I  also did this slowly and by feel mostly. 

Gl
El t


On Mar 22, 2013, at 12:22 PM, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM> wrote:


> I've always used a tap that just catches the inside walls of the bushing (I
> forget the size.) I gently drive it in and, once the tap bottoms out, I
> continue turning clockwise and it pulls the bushing out. Easy as pie.....
> Miguel