good idea on the freezer trick,,,
while the bushing is out,, put the bell housing back on,,bolt up the tranny,, if it goes all the way in,, its your bushing that is the problem,, if it does not go all the way in measure the depth of the crank hole and the length of the input shaft,,
also there are 2 different pilot bushings for mopar,,some cranks have a bigger hole,, i dont remember the demensions,,, but i think they are very close,, the difference on the bushing would be the outer diameter,,if you are pounding in the bigger bushing to the smaller hole,, it will deform the bushing causing it to be out of round,,or have a burr , or just plain be a tighter fit,,,
but i do have a dumb question,, since ive never removed a pilot bushing,, how did you get it out?? did you split it??? if you did you may need to deburr the crank hole before installing the new one,,
