Inspection of a 904 torqueflite

A lot of the bushings didn’t need to be replaced. I only did it for the learning experience. To see what would happen and make mistakes.
Most of the time the learning process happens when things go wrong. Not when they go right.

So far. Putting in the bushings has been the hardest part of this project. They did go in pretty easy and the other transmission. The 904, had no issues with them. All of those went in smooth and turned smoothly.

Some of them I thought I had pressed in far enough and needed to put in a little farther. Others had issues with the bushing driver, just barely too big to drive it a little further into the housing. The driver had to be machined down a little.

The pump bushings. I ordered 5 of them for both transmissions. 1 went in crooked, 2 were staked wrong and by the time I got to the last two they went in well and were staked perfectly.

Even with a press and the right tools there was a learning curve.

The really thin bushings were the hardest. I couldn’t even use the press to get them in. They had to be driven slowly in with a hammer.
Went through 4 of them in both transmissions.

The ones for the clutch drums. I used my cam bearing installer to get those in. Most driver sets don’t go up to 2”

Now....the cam bearings I installed. That only took 3 boxes to get right.....and about 3 practice ones with the ones I messed up. By the second box I had only messed up one bearing.