bushing or bearing?

Well, then let me be the first on bushing failures. I've pulled them apart and seen the bushing so bad that there were just a few crumbs left to tell it had a bushing at all. When they totally disintegrate like that, the input bearing is usually toast and many times the snout on the bearing retainer is cracked. I don't know if I've just been lucky or they're still a little new for high mileage failures but I just haven't seen any pilot bearing seizures. Under race conditions it might be problem, I don't know about that.... I drive an automatic on the track! :-)