ArtA asked,
I am planning to do the 3:55 ring & pinion swap on my '46 and will be installing the Okie bushing.
Do I need to do anything with the 2 dowel holes not used after installing the Okie bushing? Thanks. That is a good question.
Your 46 should have one dowel pin for the front bushing and one dowel pin for the rear bushing.
When you're installing a Okie Bushing Sleeve there is no need to drill out the rear bushing dowel pin.
All you have to worry about is the dowel pin in the front bushing.
Just drill out the dowel pin that is holding the front bushing and pull/slide out the front bushing.
The 46 bushings were slip fit and should come out fairly easy.
Some people have fabricated some kind of hook and slid it between the bushing and propeller shaft and
hooked the back side of the front bushing and slid it out.
As far as the dowel hole.
If the Okie Bushing Sleeve is not sufficiently snug or tight, drill into the Okie Bushing Sleeve (not to deep) and peen in a new dowel pin.
5/16" dowel pin part # 347813
CHEVS of the 40's Otherwise if the Okie Bushing Sleeve is sufficiently snug or tight just leave the dowel pin hole open.
Just make sure there are no burrs around the dowel pin hole, preventing the u-joint ball housing from sliding smoothly on the torque tube.
Okie Bushing installation instructions Read number 5.
When you're done it should look like
THIS If you need more help let me know.
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