Greetings, Grease can also be used to remove the pilot shaft bushing in the standard trans engine crankshafts prior to modifications. Sand, grind, or carve a piece of broom handle or large dowel to just fit in the pilot shaft bushing. It should go into the bushing at least as far as the bushing is deep, maybe an inch or more. Fill the cavity and the pilot bushing with gun grease and then insert the "tool". Cover the base with a rage to reduce any splatter in the wife's kitchen and then smack the end of the tool with a hammer and the bushing will be hydraulically forced out of the crankshaft with minimal effort.
Last week I was cleaning a Corvair oil pump housing that had the oil pump relief valve stuck in the bore due to corrosion (rust). I had been soaking it for over a week in Kroil trying to loosen it up, all to no avail. I saw WW at SNF and asked him what he would suggest. He said that he used a bent narrow brass drift to sometimes pry them toward the open end. I didn't have such a tool and none to bend either. But I did have a survey stake and some grease. The stake was not the lath size but a pointed 1x2 about 15" long. I carved the point into a square that would fit the channel that is at the end of the relief valve stop. Then I filled that cavity with grease and proceeded to smack that. Don't forget the rag, don't want to get mommas kitchen table messy. At first I thought that it wasn't working. Grease kept pushing out by the stake. You do want these to fit snug, and mine could have been better. Anyway I kept filling the cavity and tapping the stake and before long, wah-lah, grease squirted out the round hole where you can look in and see the side of the valve. I could move it then with a small pick. Moving it back and forth I finally got it out. Twenty minutes later and a partial sheet of emery paper for the valve and the bore, it was like new. Enjoy Kevin
