Good Gracious! What a pain!
After another four hours of fussing, it's finally out. Thanks to all for the tips. Yes, I used PB Blaster, KROIL, heat, a driver of the correct size, and a few choice words and none of that worked.
Cut a
kerf in the bushing on the bench...Used a punch smaller than the zerk hole and tried to collapse it, but the dang thing was stuck so hard to the walls of the bore that the punch just cut right through the bushing without collapsing it.
Great.
So, went at it with a set of punches, chisels, and scewdrivers until it finally started to show the slightest hint that it was starting to budge. Pieces of it came off as I worked on it. Hit it with the driver again and it came out (not easily, mind you). The offending
bushing.
So now I have a bore with a
scar in it. Let me rephrase; I have a custom grease channel in my race-modified spindle...
I spent $50 getting this spindle shipped to me from Texas because the one that was on the axle had buggered threads. I was NOT going to give up.
I've polished up the bore a bit and it doesn't look too bad. I'll probably give it a light going-over with a hone before starting to put in the new bushings.
I believe that the culprit here was locktite, combined with a liberal locking coat of rust. The thing just WOULD NOT BUDGE.
Thanks again for all the tips and tricks.
Jim
