REPAIR of tail housing rear bushing:

My friend found that Federal Mogul part # FP2204Y can be a good repair for damaged tail housing bushings. It is a few thousands of an inch bigger diameter, so it will easily press into your tail housing, even one where the bushing is pounded out, but will stay in place.

The FP2204Y is really a piston pin bushing for large diesel engines. You will have to drill and chamfer a second oil hole and with a Dremmel tool, you will have to cut spiral oil grooves. Copy the patten on your old bushing. [Drill the oil hole before installation. Then cut the oil grooves after installation. Clamp the tailhousing in a bench vice.]

ONCE installed you will notice that it is too small of a diameter for your slip yoke. Use an adjustable ream to size it to your slip yoke, or use a high speed, soft rotating abrasive drum wheel. A brake cylinder hone will work, but you will be honing for 24 hours or longer. You are at the proper size when a slip yoke will fall freely into the tailhousing. I put the tailhousing vertical and let the slip yoke fall. Be sure NOT to use a slip yoke that is worn undersized.

FP2204Y is 50% longer than a stock bushing, so there is more support area for the drive shaft (prop shaft) slip yoke. Stock oil seal works fine.

They are available on-line and inexpensive. Peter