Clint
Well Known Member
Have you not tried the grease method?
Crankshaft problem
- Thread starter 59 elky
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You have a tough one with the sleave hanging out of the hole. Not much help holding the outside of the sleave.
59 Elky: that looks like the pilot bushing for a Turboglide trans. Hard to tell from the pics, though?
Measure the o.d. of this counter bore and compare it to the o.d. of the hub on the convertor you're going to use.
Looks like you should be able to easily measure the counter bore o.d. measure it and post it here, if you will.
Measure the o.d. of this counter bore and compare it to the o.d. of the hub on the convertor you're going to use.
Looks like you should be able to easily measure the counter bore o.d. measure it and post it here, if you will.
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That’s the hammerless grease method. I like that!!!
chuckl
Well Known Member
When absolutely everything else fails, get a six-pack of cold beer and a fine tooth hacksaw blade. Make three equally spaced cuts inside the bushing to near the crankshaft opening. Tap the bushing segments with a small chisel to collapse the bushing inward. If this does not work, go to the fridge and get a couple(?) more beers; it gets easier. Caution: Do not try this on a late Saturday night, when an early Mass is scheduled; you will never make it! I learned this trick from the big boys. 
Well tried the grease and snug bolt didn’t work tried the bread and bolt that didn’t work either the tool I bought bottomed out before it snugged up to bushing.So used die grinder cut relief cuts in bushing used slide hammer with vise grips got most of it out but not all.Got enough that the trans bolts up want to thank everyone for there advice I have learned a lot and have gotten many good ideas from this forum.
Good news, closer to being on the road. 
How many times have you had to chase that ball bearing around 