In a message dated 11/19/03 11:19:54 AM, tp@WHSMITHNET.CO.UK writes:

<< One clever way of removing the bush is to find a metal rod whose diameter
is just smaller than the inside diameter of the bush.  Put a large blob of
grease on the end of the rod and insert the rod it into the bush and push. >>

I guess it would be clever . . . if it would work.  That large blob of grease
would have to be most of the contents of a 25 lb. bucket because the bushing
is not installed into a blind hole.

I've use this technique to remove all manner of bushings and bearings
installed in BLIND holes.  It works admirably well.  But, the fit between the dowel
and the bushing or bearing has to be a close sliding fit and the dowel has to
be POPPED with a hammer in order to create a hydraulic impulse of enough
magnitude to work.  A hardwood dowel will even suffice as long as it is properly
sized.  If the fit is not close enough, you'll know it from the taste of grease
in your mouth and your bleared vision.

Why not simply beg, borrow, steal or fabricate a blind hole extractor?  I
made one from a piece of drill rod and a cap screw.  For the few times I need it,
I didn't even have to harden it. Admittedly, an engine lathe made quick work
of its fabrication, but, had I not had a lathe, a file and a bench vise would
have also provided me with a tool which could be used without the peril of
bitching up the clutch housing.

George