Bob Dye

Thanks Bob for looking. OD is .750", length is 3.600". Brass bushings have an O.D. of approx 1.75"

Transmission is out and looks like it's way past time for a U joint and to replace a nonexistent front seal! Looks like Buick had not gotten around to using them yet. I will have to do some machine work and install one as the clutch brake keeps getting oil soaked. How impossible is it to get a u joint with end bushings I wonder. Thanks for all of the great suggestions!

Thanks Bob! And I thought I was a mechanic.. Sometimes simple is overlooked, always learning! Should be easy now and on to replace that front trans seal.

Robert, What did you have to take loose in order to remove your transmission besides bell housing bolts and torque tube. Do the threaded collars, one with the keeper ring near the clutch brake need to be moved also? Thanks.

Found a picture of a rebuilt clutch and can see that the throw out bearing is attached leading me to believe that all of the bearing linkage must be removed. Any of you Buick guys remember this? Dandy Dave's 15 was like this, how about a 16 & 17 ?? Seems that I may be taking more apart than is needed. HELP...

My 17 Buick D45

Should the input shaft pull free from the throw out bearing assy as is common on later cars? I have driven the car and it all worked well.

Kind of stuck in the removal of the transmission in my 1917 D45 Buick with a cone clutch. Rear u joint disconnected, bolts out of the trans to bell housing and 6 bolts out of a flanged plate that bolts to the clutch that is in front of the throw out bearing. The bell housing just wants to spring back in place when pried on. this spring action is from the clutch compressing. Should the throw out bearing assy be removed, shaft and all or am I just missing something? Car is not rusted, and all components should be free.. Help!! Thanks!