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A Tip for Bushing Removal
by Roger Taylor
I recently had to repair two WWII Ford Jeep front drive components that had worn bushings fit into counterbores. The fact that the bearing ID was just a little smaller than the bore’s major diameter made it impossible to use a punch or bushing driver to remove them.
In these cases, or when bushings are installed in blind holes, I use a tapered pipe tap that roughly corresponds to the bushing inside diameter and install it using my lathe for alignment. I used about six turns of the 1” NPT tap shown in the photo.
The assembly was set up on my bench vise and I was able to drive the bushings out quite easily with moderate hits on a brass drift. A little heat from a MAPP torch helped.
My friend’s Jeep restoration is timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion; he plans to ship it to France and ride on the beach for the occasion.
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