Any help would be greatly appreciated. My friend Ken owns a 1940 Chevy Master 85 that we are restoring. We are replacing the driveline bushing. The old one came old no problem. When replacing it with the new one about 2 inches into the driveline tube the first collar on the new bushing is hitting something. You can see what looks like a bushing or ring about an inch inside the driveline tube. Any ideas what to do. We tried using a block of wood to force it in and it sound metal on metal. Help! Thanks

Bigger hammer! The new bushing pushes the remainder of the old bushing and seal into the torque tube.

Big dowel that fills tube...huge sledge..One BIG hit...Viola!!!blue 38

Anyone ever taken down a Torque tube driveshaft with more that 5 used up Okie Bushings inside of it? I found 5 in one of my 51 Belair HT parts cars back in 1986. The drive shaft was really in bad shape. Maybe the previous owner up in Kansas was a Okie Bushing expert. I bet that it took 10 HP just to turn the driveshaft. Wouldn't you know that the U Joint was looser than a goose and the 14 roller bearings in the clutch shaft and mainshaft were welded together but the transmission would shift and turn , it had what looked like black asphalt for grease. That old Kansas car had the bottoms of the quarters and the doors rusted away about 8 inches up. I didn't even to get to salvage the frame, the headlight buckets or the springs, they were rusted almost away. It was quite a mystery. The powerglide rearend, brake drums and brake stuff was hardly worn, maybe they had been replaced before the tree fell on the trunk. The interior was in good condition, all the windows were cracked but kept the elements at bay. Man I got a lesson of buying a car for an "easy restoation", of for parts (no title). When I saw it and threw a hissy fit the older gentleman knocked off $50 from the price, and gave me 5 51 wheels and hubcaps that looked better than the general piece of crap car. Two of the tires even held air! I didn't even cry when it went thru the crusher!

Da##* computer, I was responding to the oakie bushing thing and the computer dropped every thing. Had to log in again. Lucky I just went through all that and remembered my pass word. Any way, I was not aware that you could install more than one oakie bushing in a torque tube.