Re: 1979 304 with an SR4 trans

[farna@xxxxxxx]

Yeah, spray the hole with WD-40 or some other really thin lube first. Then I always use a wood block (2x2 or similar) to drive it in. The lube will help, and then drive SLOWLY. I know you're not used to driving slow, but it will help this one time... ;>

If it's just a piece of sponge rubber in the end of the crank go snip a corner off one in the kitchen -- the wife will never notice! 


On May 4, 2005 Armand Eshleman wrote:

> Evening listers,
> 
> I was looking up the tail end of my 1979 304 crankshaft that
> had a SR4 Borg Warner 4 speed manual behind it, when much to
> my surprise I noticed a sponge like pad inside the pilot bushing hole
> in front of the bushing. My assumption was that  the sponge was there
> to act as a lubricant reservoir for the pilot bushing. Have any of you
> guys seen this before? I wonder if that nifty little sponge piece is still
> available? Maybe from Jeep? When did AMC begin using this? I don't
> recall seeing this nifty trick with my 4 speed Camaro many years back,
> but of course GM was years behind AMC when it came to making
> things reliable.
> 
> Now the bad news......... I discovered the hard way that I should probably
> be
> using a bushing driver to drive in the new pilot bushing into the back of my
> 70
> 304 crankshaft. I got it cocked in there and then with my oily fingers I
> began
> losing control over the socket I was using as a drift (don't try this it
> didn't work)
> and I bunged my new bushing. Oh, well back to NAPA for another
> one............
> That guy at NAPA loves it when I walk in because he knows I drop a chunk of
> change every time I see him. Any body got a good home side remedy for
> driving
> this bushing in? I don't really want to drop 50 to 75 bucks to buy a driver
> set and
> use it once.
> 
> Thanks,
> Armand
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> .


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