Yes, I understand that there are two bushings from the factory. However, mine has THREE bushings....two front bushings and one rear. Someone drove a new front bushing in without removing the old one. It was sitting right up against the outer bushing. I didn't know this until I pulled the front bushing and was trying to install my okie. The okie firmly butted up against something about an inch in. I pulled it out, took a look, and it is hitting a SECOND front bushing. And my bushing puller is not long enough to grab it.
My reference to a step wis that I was thinking maybe that old, second front bushing is pushed back against a step because it does not want to seem to move backward. But, I have not put all that much force on it...not yet anyway. My thinking now is that there can't be a step behind the front bushing because if there were you couldn't install an okie bushing or the okie would hit that step also.
Looking closely at drawings that jorb provided, it appears that there is a step on the propeller shaft that prevents the rear bushing/seal from going back. So, even if I could drive that second, front bushing back, it can't displace the rear bushing/seal because of that step.
So, it seems as I am left with three choices: 1) put the old bushing back in and drive the truck; 2) pull the differential and drive the old bushings out from the rear; 3) have a special, longer puller made to pull that bushing out.
Last edited by daveboy; 06/29/2019 10:47 PM.
