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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2021
Location: Tioga Pennsylvania
Posts: 28
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Re: Pilot bushing removal is no fun
I just changed my pilot bushing as well. Like you I purchased the HF pilot puller and at first it didn’t work. I also tried the grease/input shaft trick but my bushing was too worn and it seeped past.
I ended up hitting the bushing in just a hair with a hammer/socket to knock it free from the position it’s been for 52 years. And then ground flat the HF puller fingers just a little so there was more to catch the inside of the bushing. After that it came right out easy. |
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Junior Member
![]() Join Date: Dec 2023
Location: Pensacola, FL
Posts: 21
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Re: Pilot bushing removal is no fun
Gentlemen, I really appreciate all the kind advice! I ordered some new gear so I can try round 2 on this bushing in a few days.
I think I'll give Alloyvert's grease gun fitting tool a try, and if that fails I'll try tapping it out like RichardJ suggested. I also ordered an American bronze bushing per Stanco's recommendation. I truly admire the majority contingent's ability to make this process work with pounded bread, but since I have deeply and repeatedly failed to make that work, for my own mental health I am not going to try any more of that! Plus, at the rate I've been scattering bread chunks around under this dang bushing, I'm going to end up with a squirrel infestation in my garage... dang flying squirrels in the attic already chewed through my home AC condensation line a few months ago... and besides, my mama raised me not to waste food. ![]() When I get back to this in a few days I'll let the board know how it goes... thanks for the encouragement! -Will |
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