Dean3326 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 What is the proper answer do you or do you not lubricate the pilot bushing before installing the transmission ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Typically the pilot bushing is a brass bushing that has the lube built in. I am forgetting the exact term right now. However right or wrong I don't see how a bit of grease would hurt. I have used bearings there as well but I am of the opinion that bushings work better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 A film of lube won't hurt. Too much and it could migrate to the face of the flywheel. The only time the input shaft spins in the bushing is when the clutch is depressed so not lube critical...............Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 (edited) 37 minutes ago, JACK M said: Typically the pilot bushing is a brass bushing that has the lube built in. I am forgetting the exact term right now. However right or wrong I don't see how a bit of grease would hurt. I have used bearings there as well but I am of the opinion that bushings work better. Oilite bronze bushing comes to mind....https://oilite.com/ Edited December 9, 2018 by keiser31 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, keiser31 said: Oilite bronze bushing comes to mind....https://oilite.com/ \ Yes, That's what I was trying to recall. Oilite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c49er Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 (edited) Never Grease a "oilite bushing"... maybe add a couple drops of oil to it. I have greased them in the past and they made a odd sqauking? noise. The pores of the oilite bushing were plugged up with grease and the pilot shaft galled the bushings. Edited December 10, 2018 by c49er spelling (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 "Oilite" came on the market in about 1930. It seems it was commercialised (the name trademarked) by Chrysler or a division there-of. If your car is later than that, it may have an "Oilite" or similar sintered, porous, oil impregnated bronze bush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 If Oilite, then you fill the bushing with motor oil, and squeeze the oil into the pores with your thumb and forefinger before installing it in the crankshaft. I've never had an issue using grease on an older already installed bushing, but C49er has. YMMV (old saying from the early days of fuel MPG postings). Either way, do not use so much it flows out and flings onto the clutch facing. Bob doesn't drive like my Dad taught me. In city traffic stop lights my foot is on the clutch the whole time I am sitting still. I know, should be in neutral according to some owners manuals, but old habits.....😁 Got to be ready to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c49er Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Found this info... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I have always held the clutch pedal down when waiting at a light, except when I was driving a specific 1953 White tractor in 1964/65. I wasn't strong enough to depress the clutch with one foot. Pushed the pedal down with both feet and started then drove floating the gears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Oil is best put into a sintered bronze bush (e.g. Oilite) by putting it in oil in a vacuum. Can you really push it in with your fingers? Heat (e.g. from friction) causes the oil in the bush to come to the surface and lubricate the thing (shaft) causing the friction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I have seen a picture of oil bleeding through a pilot bushing with finger pressure, but I can not find it right now. You should see the motor oil bleed through the pores of the bushing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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