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[TownsHustlerKit]

Does anyone know how to remove the two bushes (part no: 2A3502) from a remote change casting?

I have removed the aluminum diff housing from the rear of the gearbox and am trying to knock out the worn control shaft bushes with a long thin drift.

It looks like the bushes were originally pressed into the top and bottom of the shaft tunnel within the aluminum housing at the factory.

The problem is that the drift keeps slipping off the chamfered edge of each bush.

Is there a specialist extraction tool for this job? (....anyone know a good keyhole surgeon?)
As the bushes are readily available just about everywhere, I feel sure that I'm not the only one to have come across this problem.

The subject doesn't seem to be covered in any of my workshop manuals (and I can't find on-line solutions either)

Any advice would be most appreciated

Many Thanks
 

Edited by TownsHustlerKit, 26 February 2025 - 09:49 PM.

[mini-mad-mark]

Patience...I got mine out and wasn't exactly sure what I was doing so for someone like yourself who sounds reasonably practical you should get there

[mab01uk]

Also worth asking on the Mk1 Forum in the Technical section:-

https://mk1-forum.net

 

[TownsHustlerKit]

Sorry for the delay in my reply.

 

Thanks for the advice Gents.

 

Success! With the Diff casting supported on a wooden workbench plus careful and firm use of hammer and long thin (re-ground, flat-faced) drift, the bushes were finally extracted! .

 

The insertion of the new bushes has been simplicity itself. (I used the old bushes to help press the new ones into place, to avoid damage.)

 

I'm pleased to say that, with the new bushes in place, the gear change control shaft no longer rattles around sideways. So hopefully gear selection through the linkage will be a little more positive (........here's hoping anyway! )