My memory sucks but I don’t recall needing a tool when I rebuild my C4 3 years ago. I replaced all seals and bushings. I had mine completely torn apart though.


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I have a 3 speed manual Trans.

 

Not sure, but on my 4sp toploader, a carefully placed flat blade screwdriver and hammer to drive the side in/cut the bushing, then collapse/fold bush in on itself, then extract.

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You can remove the tailhousing and have a machine shop do it. Or do it yourself, not that hard with it on a workbench. But to do it in the car does require that tool.

 

The way I do it is to remove the tailhousing and drive the old bushing out then drive a new bushing in. The tool to do that with is the trick. People say to take it to a transmission shop because they are of the few people that have invested in a set of bushing drivers such that one will fit what you need. A set of non-specialized drivers from SnapOn can cost $900. (Ask how I know.) Two ways around all that. Find something that is ever so slightly smaller in diameter than the bushing that you can beat on. Second, make something. Unfortunately, handy bits of wood and plastic around a handyman's shop won't do it. The bushing will act like a knife and slice into that stuff. I've made my own drivers out of randon pieces of steel I turned down on a lathe. If you happen to know someone with a lathe capable of doing steel, ask a favor. If it's a hobbyist, he'd probably be glad to blow the dust off it and make something "easy" and useful to someone.

Though you can knock the old bushing out with a screwdriver or whatever, it tends to gouge up the inside of the housing. Much better to wait until an install tool comes available and use THAT to knock the old one out cleanly.

 

For those who have access to a lathe and want to make their own installation tool, the bushing dimensions are 1.322" OD and 1.196" ID.

 

I had a 15 x 50 metal lathe in my garage until about 3 years ago. Sold it like an idiot. I cant count the times I have needed it. I think I'll get an estimate from my transmission shop to replace the bushing and seal. Thanks for the advise!

 

I don't know about a 3 speed, but on my 4 speed, I used a small, sharp chisel and hammer to cut through the bushing along the oil tunnel. This takes the tension out of it and it can be removed. This is with the tailshaft off the transmission and on a solid surface.

 

Don’t know how different it is from a c4 but I borrowed a bushing driver kit from oreilly and it was close enough to drive it out without damage to the housing


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