pilot bushing

logged in and trashing all the poor ideas of bad engineering tonight. sorry! This idea of pounding the pilot bushing needs a sobering thought. Crank pilot holes were rought cut for cranks unless they were being used for manual trans, and I might add 318's usually were not manuals. Often they were not drilled deep enough, and even if you are 10 thou tight you will distort and collapse the bushing so that the input shaft will not turn smooth. This another reason you see 4 speed trans with cut off input snouts. Hate to say but ideal is you would take crank out and have a machinist use a mill and cut hole correct and press in the bushing straight. I also highly recommend having engine also balanced, as a manual trans will magnify any vibration, that the AT absorbed. CAst cranks of 318's have there own issues too.
I do know of those mopar adapter pilot bearing pieces that fit in larger pilot space. Also note that post 68 cranks have a larger pilot diameter for torqueconverter snout.
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