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I have my transmission and engine out for rebuild and thought I would take care of the oakie bushing while I have access. The oakie bushing went in without too much force and I thought I caught a major break since I have read about some issues with these fitting into the torque tube. When I tried to fit my yoke into the oakie bushing I hit a hard stop. The yoke does not fit into the oakie bushing. I purchased the bushing from Jim Carter trucks for my truck (53 3100). Not seeing any options for a different size bushing. Has anyone encountered this before? What did you do? I hate to take a gamble and purchase another bushing in hopes that the yoke will fit.


Here are a couple of pictures of the bushing that I removed.

Deegs