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Subject:Re: trouble installing new starter bushing
From:neil n
Date:Fri, 11 May 2012 13:54:55 -0700

Turns out it my suggestion may not have been such a bad idea afterall.
I backtracked on my suggestion as I tend to think of what could
*possibly* go wrong. Certainly wasn't a reflection on Darryl's idea.
Hopefully time stamp and what I quoted reflected this.

Neil.

On 5/11/12, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry. The threaded rod is a poor suggestion. There may be a risk of
> threads scratching or gouging the bushing ID.
>
> Neil.
>
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 9:56 AM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> ..... use some
>> threaded rod, smaller than hole in bushing, put a nut with flat face
>> on rod, tap bushing in.

--
Neil n

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