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Originally Posted by 68wannabe
True, best to just save me the trouble. I'm guessing you just hammer the bearing in?
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The main thing is not to deform in inside diameter. Your pilot shaft has to slide into it and if it is smashed/deformed you could have one heck of a time installing the trans.
You need to measure the outside of the new one and measure the counter-bored hole that it slides into. You need to be sure that you have the correct one. You also need to test fit it to the pilot shaft on the trans. Again, double checking the fit.
If everything fits like it is supposed to, then what I do is use a bushing insert tool to install it (they can be had at Harbor Freight for not that much). You can also just use a socket that it's body size just smaller than the od of the pilot bushing. But be careful.