There is a tool we used to sell, very cheap that opens up inside the bushing
and has a cross plate over the starter hole and it pulls the bushing out.

Pick up any hot rod VW magazine and look for the outlets that offer cheap vw
hot rod parts most will carry the 12vt starter bushing tool

If not call Buggy House in Haward CA, they likely have them and could ship
you one.

Mine has been part of my tool box since 76

Doug

----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren.K.Lail-1" <wlail@OU.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 5:26 PM
Subject: starter bushing question

> It took me all of about 15 minutes to pull my starter
> in a FLAPS parking lot the other day.  Now I have
> my new starter and, being a good boy, decided to
> change the starter bushing.  I bought a 10.7mm
> tap and tried to remove it with that (turning it
> until it began to back out the bushing - I read
> about this method in the archives).  Problem is,
> it is almost impossible to reach the starter area
> and I've strained to get the tap really going.  So
> far all I've done is chew up the front end of
> the bushing.
>
> Are there any easy ways to get that dang bushing
> out?  If I can't get it out, I'm going to have to
> pull the tranny, and although I need to do that
> at some point to replace some seals, I'm really
> not in the mood to do it right now.
>
> Regards,
>
> Warren Lail
> 88 Westy "Billy Bones"
> 87 GL "Long John"
>
> p.s.  I switched lots of components around between
> my two buses and found that my problem component
> was my AFM.  It worked fine before I cleaned it
> with solvent :(.  I hope to be able to get it in
> working order again.