No joy on the bushing, it is a special process to place it in there. My machinist friend had the terminology, yet your correct it is almost like a cast in place bushing that is really locked in there.
When I emailed Honda Classics in GB and realized the bushing he has is for your Dream style bikes with the electric start, so they use a smaller 17mm bushing vs the 22mm in the CL77 motor case. Makes sense since that is the only start option, so a little more robust bushing and knuckle assembly for the kicker.
Mine wasn't damaged per se it was worn through the chrome finish on the knuckle where it passes through the bushing. I measured 21.85mm on that knuckle and I unfortunately used my cheap plastic calipers and measured 22 mm inside the bushing. So I had the knuckle hard chromed to 22mm which in hindsight was a mistake. It is easier to make it bigger on the hard chrome part and ream the bushing if it is too tight.
When I got the part back from hard chrome it was 21.97 mm so close enough to my 22mm request, better yet still sloppy in the bushing. So now I measured with my better calipers and got 22.20 mm inside diameter. I should have spec'd a 22.25 mm hard chrome finish and honed the bushing to spec.
We are getting some bronze 1.25 inch round stock and Paul will machine a proper sized bushing and machine out most of the original bushing. When trying to press that bushing out it was very solid and would have likely split the case if more pressure was applied. It never budged a fraction, yet did make a cracking noise once. :sad:
This is almost fun.
