Reaming dist bushings

[Willie Krash]

Just rec'd my distributor parts and thought I'd share some observation. I ordered bushings and was surprised to find they were a Clevite style and the vendor felt they might need reaming. Clevite is good stuff.
Reaming a Clevite bushing is an interesting concept.
So for those that don't own reamers (I do) it becomes problematic.
If you have an old dist shaft you can score it with a lathe bit and use it as a reamer.
What I did do is used a bushing that didn't need reaming. I used an Ace bushing #4436, .5015ID x .5635OD x .680-L

The new shaft and these bushings fit like a glove. Even assembled dry they feel great. Just thought it might help.
They fit Lucas and any generator shop ought to have them.
BTW over the last 30 years we have used composition bushings in dist for customers but it not what we do. As well Oilite composition bushings are porous and hold oil like a sponge.