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How do I remove the driveshaft bushing?

They make a puller for that purpose or you can try to carefully drive it out. I tried to drive it with my drive shaft (which I was replacing) and sheared off some of the rivet heads holding the ball on. I was able to replace them but it made what looked like a simple job much more complicated. Langs sells a puller for $27 - maybe someone on the forum will read this and offer to loan you one. I would but I don't have one.

I believe I built mine from a tinkering tips manual. It consists of a 1/2" pipe cap machined a bit to fit into the base of the bushing & 4 wide notches to clear the rivets. The cap is screwed onto a pipe one foot longer than the drive shaft. Carefully align the cap to clear the rivets & hit the end of the pipe. Very effective. Be sure to clear the rivets. If you shear those rivets, you made a whole lot of extra work to fix, to the point of being easier to start over with a second D.S. tube.

The pipe cap machining looks like the business end of that Langs tool.

I’ve used this several times with success. I took a thick washer and ground down the sides to clear the rivets inside of the tube. The washer fit over the threaded end of an old steering shaft and was just the right length to be able to knock out the old bushing. You could also use a length of pipe instead of a steering shaft.

Will wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 24, 2025 10:45 am

How do I remove the driveshaft bushing?

DIY tool https://modeltfordfix.com/rebuilding-the-drive-shaft/
The tool is made from 1/2″ galvanized pipe, a piece that is 60 inches (5 feet) long. 1/2″ water pipe measures .840″ on its outside diameter, the size designation refers to the inside diameter. The cap measures a little less than 1 inch outside diameter at its smallest dimension – perfect for our tool.
The notches need to be deep enough & wide enough to clear the rivets. Insert from the spool end

TRDxB2 wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 24, 2025 2:42 pm

Will wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 24, 2025 10:45 am

How do I remove the driveshaft bushing?

DIY tool https://modeltfordfix.com/rebuilding-the-drive-shaft/
The tool is made from 1/2″ galvanized pipe, a piece that is 60 inches (5 feet) long. 1/2″ water pipe measures .840″ on its outside diameter, the size designation refers to the inside diameter. The cap measures a little less than 1 inch outside diameter at its smallest dimension – perfect for our tool.
The notches need to be deep enough & wide enough to clear the rivets. Insert from the spool end

Yea, thats the tool.
Good article.
The only thing I would add is to lap the pinion gear to the D.S. taper. Makes for 100% taper contact. Wont get loose or turn.

You also need the tool for reaming the bushing to fit the driveshaft.

Mine is just like Frank's. Variations in the pipe cap shapes and galvanised coating may mean you have to run a bit off the outside Of the cap, but this just makes the register on the raised collar that much cleaner and better.

Allan from down under.

Thanks everyone for your help, Being this is my first time removing the bushing I'm going to wait until I can get a friend to walk me through it. I could be only one sheered off rivet for a major from job.

Oldav8tor wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 24, 2025 10:55 am

They make a puller for that purpose or you can try to carefully drive it out. I tried to drive it with my drive shaft (which I was replacing) and sheared off some of the rivet heads holding the ball on. I was able to replace them but it made what looked like a simple job much more complicated. Langs sells a puller for $27 - maybe someone on the forum will read this and offer to loan you one. I would but I don't have one.
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I used this tool when I did mine this last winter. It works great! but I also added a big flat washer under the nut and smeared grease on both surfaces and on the threads. Turns so much easier and popped the bushing out effortlessly. You also want to get the installer and ream tool to face off the new bushing when putting the new universal on. Don't forget to drill the grease hole in your new bushing before installing the driveshaft.