Re: Think I ruined my RD-23 lower gear case housing

[Don]

quote FrankR:

#1, the special tool isn’t going to help you at all. It will work on bushings that are not worn and come out fairly easy. Certainly not the case here.

#2, Assuming you have the original gearcase (do you?) yes you would drive it out from the top, towards the bottom–as you said you did.

So…why didn’t it come out? Darned if I know. They just are not normally that difficult. Can we assume you are threading the bolt in from the bottom and driving it out from the top, using a punch against the end of the bolt? That ought to get it.

Heat will not help, it will only make it tighter because the brass bushing will expand more than the aluminum housing.

Having said all that, it is POSSIBLE that you have one that drives out the opposite direction. But it is totally simple to look and see which way it goes. If you can see the brass bushing, it drives TOWARD the end that you are looking at.

You probably need a new bushing, since it appears you are having to do some aggressive action against it.

OK, surely do not want to give wrong info for sure….I am probably confused, use Frank’s good advice about how to determine which way the bushing is removed/installed…