727 tail shaft oil hole location

[1967coronet]

Guys I used a bushing puller and replaced my 727 tail shaft bushing the old bushing came out with the oil hole at 12:00 , like a dummy I did not confirm with a pick ect that it was the correct location, and put the new one in the same { hole at 12:00 to the top of housing } so did I mess up or is that correct ?
Thanks

 

[miller]

Off hand...don't remember. But, should be easy enough to use your pick, to feel at the hole in the bushing, to see if it is lined up. If not, you'll need to re-do it, anyway. At a minimum, at least two thirds the hole, probably okay.

 

[66Satellite47]

12 O Clock is correct. That's where the feed slot is.

 

[1967coronet]

thanks miller & 66satellite47, I had the car back together and on the ground when my pee brain figured I better check that out. Good news.

 

[khryslerkid]

Could you give us a little more detail on your procedure and tool that you used. Did you remove the tail shaft ect. This comes up on here quite often.

 

[threewood]

Yep, 12 o'clock. Picture of mine installed.

 

[1967coronet]

khryslerkid, I barrowed a tool from a local shop, You can switch the bushing by pulling the drive shaft and seal, I don't have a picture of the tool and have returned it, It was aprox 10" long and had 6 stems with a lip on the end of each, the base has a bolt in it.
I had to put a hose clamp around the fingers/ stems and tighten it down to were it would just slide over the output shaft , slide the fingers past the end of the bushing then release the hose clamp, that allows the up turned ends to grab the forward end of the bushing, then a 9/16 socket on the bolt end , crank it down out out comes the bushing.
Drove in the new one with a race/ bushing driver the correct size to start, once I bottomed out on the output shaft I had to switch to a deep well impact socket that fit over the shaft to drive it on in flush, when I say drive I was being easy and using light taps so I wouldn't peen the new bushing,
I set the oil hole at top / 12:00 since that was the way the other old bushing was, stuck in a new seal and installed the drive shaft. and then posted my question after the fact and the car was on the ground. Start to finish was not a hr.
I have seen the tool on ebay or ones similar used ones run around $80 I was lucky a guy I know let me barrow his.

 

[khryslerkid]

khryslerkid, I barrowed a tool from a local shop, You can switch the bushing by pulling the drive shaft and seal, I don't have a picture of the tool and have returned it, It was aprox 10" long and had 6 stems with a lip on the end of each, the base has a bolt in it.
I had to put a hose clamp around the fingers/ stems and tighten it down to were it would just slide over the output shaft , slide the fingers past the end of the bushing then release the hose clamp, that allows the up turned ends to grab the forward end of the bushing, then a 9/16 socket on the bolt end , crank it down out out comes the bushing.
Drove in the new one with a race/ bushing driver the correct size to start, once I bottomed out on the output shaft I had to switch to a deep well impact socket that fit over the shaft to drive it on in flush, when I say drive I was being easy and using light taps so I wouldn't peen the new bushing,
I set the oil hole at top / 12:00 since that was the way the other old bushing was, stuck in a new seal and installed the drive shaft. and then posted my question after the fact and the car was on the ground. Start to finish was not a hr.
I have seen the tool on ebay or ones similar used ones run around $80 I was lucky a guy I know let me barrow his.

It's been quite awhile since I've known about doing the bushing change. You've answered my questions exactly as I thought it was done. Thanks so much