Need Help!!! Intermediate shaft removal

cudamike13 said
However, I found out why it was hard to remove.
Where the hex priming rod fits in oil pump, it gets stuck in there! I had to wiggle it loose and then it came right out.
I could put it in and out multiple times without turning pump and it would not stick.
Of course I couldn't wiggle intermediate shaft, that made it so hard to remove.
Has anybody heard of this before?

If the 6 corners of the shaft get slightly worn or compressed down, then they will turn a bit too far in the hex 'socket' of the pump gearshaft before 'catching', and jam in. If it turns harder, then the shaft hex spins in the pump's hex socket.

It is like a bolt with rounded corners or a worn socket; if you torque it hard enough, the socket turns a bit too far on the bolts corners and jams on. (Turn it a bit harder and the socket rounds the bolt corners.)

So inspect the hex on the shaft to see if the corners are a bit rounded. Then get your new shaft and prime the pump the same way and then see if that wants to 'stick' in the pump. If so, then the flats in the hex socket of the pump may be starting to round out, and if so, it may not be long before the new hex starts spinning in the worn pump hex socket.... no more pumping.

Wyrmrider said
ream or burnish
there are now different styles of bushings from oem
some say you do not have to size\
bullshit check them all

Used one of the new ones. A test fit of the shaft was too snug so I just gently drove an old shaft in and out of the bushing several times using the old shaft as the burnishing tool. Loosened up nicely after 4-5-6 passes and spun freely. Put some moly cam paste and oil in there on the new shaft and moved on.