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#47621 07/12/2005 8:58 PM | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 86 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 86 | How in the world do you get the bushing out of the side cover in order to press the new one in? Anyone use a hacksaw blade to cut it and then remove it? The Shop Manual (1958) says that it's not practical to replace in the shop! If that's the case, why do the rebuild kits provide one? I really need to replace it because there's alot of play on that side. Any help would be great!
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#47622 07/12/2005 9:08 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | The GMC manual for 1947 to 1953 gives a method for removing it. They suggest some kind of a reamer with cutters that are used to grab the bushing. It then describes the honing process, doing both bushings at once with the cover bolted in place. I think that if you cut a slit in the bushing, it would come out quite easily. The bushing in the rebuild kit may need some work before it fits. | | |
#47623 07/13/2005 12:14 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,750 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,750 | Use a Dremel tool with a small ball-shaped carbide cutter to cut almost all the way through the bushing. Just don't damage the cover in the process. Definitely line-ream the new bushing to assure it's in a straight line with the other one!
Jerry
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#47624 07/13/2005 3:03 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 343 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 343 | On a similar note, I replaced the bushings on my 54 GMC clutch and brake pedal assembly. The hard part was not taking them out, but after installing them they needed to be honed to the proper diameter. My brother in law loaned me a old set of hand reamers that he got from his grandfather. I thought it was so cool to have the correct tool from the era to install these bushings, but six hours of hand reaming later I did not think it was so cool. I did not have full use of my arms for a couple days after that job, but it did the job. I was surprised that the bushings needed to be honed down that much. I can't remember for sure, but I thought I got them from Jim Carter Truck Parts. Knowing what I know now I would probably go down to the local machine shop and they would have the job done in a jiffy.
1954 GMC 1/2-ton Longbed
1971 Pontiac LeMans Sport
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#47625 07/14/2005 3:18 PM | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,195 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,195 | I used the hacksaw method on mine, it just takes a bit of work. I also left the bushing a little tight, after a while of driving, it all has worked loose but still tight. Joe | | |
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