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Subject:Re: starter swap
From:Frank Condelli
Date:Wed, 10 Aug 2016 04:27:33 -0400

Just, use the tap, run it in until the bushing comes out.  The tap bottoms out on the bell housing case and then the bushing comes out riding up the tap’s threads !  A little miracle !

> On Aug 10, 2016, at 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:
> 
> Nope, if it's not loose, leave it there. In the past I used a thread tap to
> cut threads in the bushing, then screwed in a bolt the proper size and pried
> it out.

Cheers,    

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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