Anonymous-0
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I'm preparing to re-babbitt the rods from my '41 H but the mains need it too. Has anybody done this? I melted out the old babbitt and the mains have a steel bushing that looks like it's pressed into the housings. I didn't want to heat the whole housing so I made a puller to extract the bushing on the RH. A real dumb-a?? move. I thought the bushing was moving but all I did was pop the end off the casting. Does anyone know how those bushings were put into the housings? They won't budge. I haven't tried heating the housing yet. Bushings are only about 1/16 wall thickness so I don't get why they're so tight.
Any hints or suggestions welcome.
Any hints or suggestions welcome.