| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,836 | Wasn't the "Okie" bushing an aftermarket item that was originally intended to be installed by simply driving it into the end of the torque tube and pushing the worn bushing into the dead space behind it? I believe the replacement item (made by a manufacturer in Oklahoma- - - -hence the "Okie" moniker) had a lip seal built into it to make the other seal irrelevant. Jerry
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