<VV> NOS Pilot bushing wanted

[kevin nash]

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> Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 18:41:22 -0400
> From: "Carlton Smith" <carlton55 at comcast.net>
> Subject: <VV> NOS Pilot bushing wanted
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> Hi Guys,
> 
> Does anyone happen to have NOS GM Oilite (not sure I am spelling that
> correctly)pilot bushing they would sell me? GM #6256648. I am though with
> the aftermarket ones we are getting. In my recent engine rebuild and clutch
> refresh the brand new pilot bushing screams it head off in the morning when
> I start out. Eventually quits once things warm up. We sure never had that
> problem with the original Oilite ones! In fact I would buy 2 if someone had
> then to sell.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Carlton Smith
> Indianapolis, IN
> Circle City Corvairs Club
> 1965 Corsa 180 Turbo convertible 
> 
  Carlton- I had replaced the pilot bushing five years ago on my car and put a few thousand miles
on it with no problems, however, it screached once after a long trip. A few months after that, I blew
up the clutch, and then had to pop the engine out to fix the exploded clutch plate. I determined that
my input shaft was no longer straight, and replaced the input shaft, clutch plate, and had the pressure
plate and flywheel rebalanced. That was in 2008, and I have put 15,000 miles on it since then with
absolutely no problems with screachy pilot bushings. Probably, your input shaft is a bit worn, or is
somehow slightly undersize, and is causing the screach, untill it gets warm. All pilot bushings that
I have bought for my Corvairs, including the one I bought in 2008, were Oilite (not brass orsome other
weird wrong material that a magnet can stick to), and on all of them, it was a chore to get the 
input shaft in, as it had a slight interference into the new pilot bushing (once the bushing was installed).
 All of my pilot bushings were from Clarks.
 
Kevin Nash
63 spyder, daily driver