<VV> Clutch Pilot Bushing Question

[Mark Durham]

My clutch kit from Fort Wayne Clutch was a oillite. I installed it just a
month ago. I'd be concerned about straight brass, but the needle bearing is
a good one. Hadn't thought of that. In theory, the reason they use a cheap
oillite is that the amount of actual time the shaft is stationary and the
flywheel is turning is small, only when you are sitting somewhere with the
clutch in, or shifting, so there should not be alot of wear, I can see that
a needle bearing designed to run for long periods of time is a great idea. I
assume if somone took a olilite in to a bearing place, they could measure it
and match something up.
Mark Durham

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 2:31 PM, vpersh at netzero.com <vpersh at netzero.com>wrote:

> I have always taken some engine oil and heated it up in a small pan and
> then dropped the pilot bushing in. It's fun to watch the air bubbles come
> out of the bushing! Never had a problem.
> The last bushing I bought (and installed just last Saturday) didn't look
> like a typical oilite bushing. I appeared to have been machined out of solid
> brass. You could tell it was machined and not "cast". Are the oilites even
> available anymore?
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Bruce Schug <bwschug at charter.net>
> To: VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Clutch Pilot Bushing Question
> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:15:27 -0500
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> I use a needle bearing sleeve with some silicone grease in it. Been
> there a long time, about 22 years. I can't tell you the specs for the
> bearing, I bought it from someone who was selling them for that
> purpose and it's worked fine for me.
>
> On Nov 23, 2009, at 11:06 AM, airvair at earthlink.net wrote:
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> > That's the difference. You're using special "grease", not common
> > axle grease, as was proposed in others' previous posts.
> >
> > -Mark
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