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Used the proper tool, followed a video and ended with the bushing still in the rod. The piece that pushes the bushing out is flush up to the rod. It appears to need another 2+ mm in length.
The rod width is 27.09mm.
The new bushing is 27.01.
The length of the old bushing that has been pushed out it approximately is 24.62. (very rough measurement)
The length of tool to push out the bushing is 25.13.
Assuming the old bushing is the same length as the new one, approximately 1.88 mm is still inside the rod.
How do I push it out?
Why are you replacing the bushings for the piston in the connecting rod??
You know this thread is actually getting a little peculiar.. For some guy that didn't want to replace the sprocket shaft seal because it didn't want to move or whatever, now you're pressing out bushings in the connecting rods??? Dude I've never heard of anybody doing that, except for a catastrophic failure... Where the f*** you going with this...???
Last edited by 98hotrodfatboy; Apr 12, 2025 at 04:45 PM.
If I had an old bushing, I could cut out a 15mm length and then cut out a 3mm section of that piece. Then use that to add onto the existing tool to push out the rest. Any suggestions?
If I had an old bushing, I could cut out a 15mm length and then cut out a 3mm section of that piece. Then use that to add onto the existing tool to push out the rest. Any suggestions?
No none.. You're going into an area that's unheard of .. You got one of the most indestructible motors Harley ever made and you're going deep into something that I don't think you know anything about.. I'm out, see you..
After I removed the wrist pins, I tested the new pins and one would not go through the bushing. The bushing itself was damaged from what I do not know. I used the proper tool for pulling out the wrist pins.
Yes, but it went in up to that section. It went through the other rod without a hitch. I was not going to force it, hence I am replacing the bushings. It appears the tool from Fast eddy (#21) does not clear the rod even though it states all 36-99 big twins.
I would like to know what made you think that you need to replace the bushings in the connecting rods. Love to hear this! For something that doesn't want to move and that you don't want to force..WTF ..
The piston pin would not go through the bushing. It went in and stopped at the point in the bushing that is displayed in the picture. The pin went through the other rods bushing with no difficulty. Hence the bushing that was resistant to the pin needed to be replaced. Look at the picture. If you replace one, you replace the other.
Last edited by rockjock729; Apr 12, 2025 at 08:37 PM.
Reason: correction
I see a disaster and it costing you more money. You should have taken the piston and rods to a machine shop and had them pin fit. It seems you are causing yourself
more problems.
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