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harleynut · 03-10-2014, 12:06 PM

hi Guys, started on my conversion to a T5 tranny yesterday......removed the old three speed....removed clutch and flywheel. This is the first time I did a job like this to a flathead. I thought the pilot bushing would be in the flywheel not on the end of the crank. Now the big puzzle. what looks to be the pilot bushing is an inch and a quarter INSIDE diameter. The tip of the input shaft is about nine sixteenths on the old three speed.....how can that be???? Did someone in past years NOT put a pilot bushing in the end of the crank???? Is it supposed to be in the flywheel? What is going on? Forgot to mention this is on a 49 F1 pickup. The picture shows exactly the way I found the end of the crankshaft when I removed the flywheel. The flywheel has NO bushing in it.......any help would be appreciated.......Joe

03-10-2014, 12:06 PM	#1
harleynut Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Pittsburgh Pa Posts: 279	Pilot bushing hi Guys, started on my conversion to a T5 tranny yesterday......removed the old three speed....removed clutch and flywheel. This is the first time I did a job like this to a flathead. I thought the pilot bushing would be in the flywheel not on the end of the crank. Now the big puzzle. what looks to be the pilot bushing is an inch and a quarter INSIDE diameter. The tip of the input shaft is about nine sixteenths on the old three speed.....how can that be???? Did someone in past years NOT put a pilot bushing in the end of the crank???? Is it supposed to be in the flywheel? What is going on? Forgot to mention this is on a 49 F1 pickup. The picture shows exactly the way I found the end of the crankshaft when I removed the flywheel. The flywheel has NO bushing in it.......any help would be appreciated.......Joe Last edited by harleynut; 02-21-2016 at 01:02 AM.