<VV> Clutch Pilot Bushing Question

[Ken Clark]

What were the original factory bushings made  from?  I have a '65 Corsa that I think could very well have the original one in it and still works with no problems.  I would like to replace it with the same thing if I ever have to replace it.   Ken

 


 
> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:09:58 -0800
> From: 62vair at gmail.com
> To: vpersh at netzero.com
> CC: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Clutch Pilot Bushing Question
> 
> 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
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > > 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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