garciapiano
Veteran Member
Hi, I’m in the process of trying to replace my serpentine tensioner bushings. They appear to be in decent condition but I can’t fathom a way to remove them. Does anyone have a technique for driving them out?
I found this on myturbodiesel:
I found this on myturbodiesel:
My bushings are still in decent condition and not falling out, so maybe if I had a really long, skinny punch I could get it in there and punch it out... any suggestions?The bearing sleeve on the one end was falling out but removing the bearing sleeve at the tensioning spring end was difficult. After trying to use punches and pliers with no movement we applied PB Blaster for lubrication and used a Craftsman 7/16 deep socket that was very close to the bore diameter. We had removed the air box by now so we drove the socket from the lever arm end towards the spring end. It look several medium hits on a shaft centered inside the socket but it moved and it pushed the sleeve out.
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