Bad Pilot Bushing Symptoms?

440fury said
I don't have anything against this bearing, but I usually defer to OEM methods. My crank is drilled / reamed for the pilot bushing, but I never reamed the bushing itself after install. I looked up the ID of the pilot bushing and its 0.754". I don't know how much of an interference fit is between the crank and the bushing. I don't work with interference fits often enough to know how much the OD interference will affect the ID, but I could always ream for 0.750" + a couple of thou.

I had a similar issue with the pilot bushing I installed originally. It was not the correct bushing material and was a cast metal (magnet would stick to it). I swapped it out for the correct Olite bushing I bought from Brewers and then honed/reamed it to give a about .005 clearance between shaft and bushing ID. Measure bushing ID after you install it because it will crush/shrink when it is installed