If you let the tap bottom out and keep turning it will pull the starter
bushing right out.

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From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 9:03 PM
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject:      Re: Starter Bushing Blues

>  Per Scott Daniel, I used a 7/16" tap. What wasn't made clear was what
> to do next. I'll work with the all-thread tomorrow.
>
> Thanks.
>
> John
>
> tJohn Rodgers
> Clayartist and Moldmaker
> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> Chelsea, AL
> Http://www.moldhaus.com
>
>
> On 6/19/2011 6:42 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>> It will definitely work. I have a tap and some allthread and other
>> various things that reduce that allthread to the threaded end of my
>> puller, but I can't figure out which tap it is because I don't have a
>> bushing to look at. I'll be somebody on the list knows.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:40 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net
>> <mailto:inua@charter.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Jim,
>>
>>     Ah ha! All-thread and inertial puller. That'll do it. I had
>>     already threaded the bushing, but couldn't get it out. The
>>     allthread and inertial puller should do it.
>>
>>     Thanks..
>>
>>     John
>>
>>     John Rodgers
>>     Clayartist and Moldmaker
>>     88'GL VW Bus Driver
>>     Chelsea, AL
>>     Http://www.moldhaus.com
>>
>>
>>     On 6/19/2011 6:01 PM, James Felder wrote:
>>>     John, the best way I ever found was to tap some threads on the
>>> bushing and then run the corresponding bolt or allthread onto it and
>>> then pull it out with an inertia puller.
>>>
>>>     Jim
>>>
>>>     Sent from a river in Alabama, most likely.
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Jun 19, 2011, at 4:33 PM, John Rodgers<inua@CHARTER.NET>
>>> <mailto:inua@CHARTER.NET>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>       Changing out the starter and cannot get the old bushing out. Is
>>>> there
>>>>     a method to do this without  an official starter bushing puller?
>>>>
>>>>     Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>     John
>>>>
>>>>     --
>>>>     John Rodgers
>>>>     Clayartist and Moldmaker
>>>>     88'GL VW Bus Driver
>>>>     Chelsea, AL
>>>>     Http://www.moldhaus.com
>>
>>
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