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| | | | Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 139 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 139 | So I discovered my pilot bushing in my 1954 235 is bad and since I’m in there anyway, i am doing a clutch job. My question is that the kit contains a replacement pilot bushing but I’ve had two people tell me to get a pilot bearing instead. Is this a real replacement or is it designed to just replace with a similar brass pilot bushing? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 41 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 41 | Bronze bearings work just fine. Just make sure when you drive it in, you use a stepped tool so you don’t roll the edges. Ball bearings work too, but they can be harder to line up. Also when they go bad, they go really bad. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 1,652 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 1,652 | Do not use a bearing type pilot. They eat up and destroy the tip of the input shaft and are never necessary for a street driven vehicle. Uses bronze bushing, preferably one made from oilite. Use an old input shaft to drive it in if you have one.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,451 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,451 | Do not use a bearing type pilot. They eat up and destroy the tip of the input shaft and are never necessary for a street driven vehicle. Uses bronze bushing, preferably one made from oilite. Use an old input shaft to drive it in if you have one. Well stated.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 139 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 139 | Thanks. Went with a bronze bushing. Drove it with the peen end of a small ball peen hammer ( radius was perfect for the bushing end ) being driven with a larger ball peen hammer. Works like a champ. | | |
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