1953 Chevy 3100 - 05/16/23 10:49 PM
Hello Everyone,
I thought I would place this here.
I am working on a friends 1953 Chevy 3100 pick up truck. We removed the torque tube to replace gaskets and axle seals along with replacing the impeller bushing at the front of the torque tube. A new "Okie" bushing was purchased and the old, one inch bushing was removed.
The "Okie" bushing will only go one inch into the tube and then it stops .... dead. It will not go in any further. We even tried placing it into a freezer over night thinking maybe it would shrink enough to slip in. I did measure the outside diameter of both the old and new and they are damn near identical.
It appears to stop where the splines start, now that I type this, this is a measurement I have not checked.
has anyone ever run into this problem ?? Does anyone have an original bushing if this doesn't work ?
I am not sure if this is the original torque tube as the gear ratio is 3:54-1, which I have been told is not stock, 4:11-1 would be. Is there any I.D. numbers on the torque tube that might help?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I thought I would place this here.
I am working on a friends 1953 Chevy 3100 pick up truck. We removed the torque tube to replace gaskets and axle seals along with replacing the impeller bushing at the front of the torque tube. A new "Okie" bushing was purchased and the old, one inch bushing was removed.
The "Okie" bushing will only go one inch into the tube and then it stops .... dead. It will not go in any further. We even tried placing it into a freezer over night thinking maybe it would shrink enough to slip in. I did measure the outside diameter of both the old and new and they are damn near identical.
It appears to stop where the splines start, now that I type this, this is a measurement I have not checked.
has anyone ever run into this problem ?? Does anyone have an original bushing if this doesn't work ?
I am not sure if this is the original torque tube as the gear ratio is 3:54-1, which I have been told is not stock, 4:11-1 would be. Is there any I.D. numbers on the torque tube that might help?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.