Take the extra 5 minutes to remove the tail housing and replace the bushing and seal.
No special tools are needed to R & R the bushing. Just grind a slight angle on the end of a large flat tipped tapered punch. Locate the "seam" on the bushing, catch the edge of it with the punch and hit it with a hammer to split the bushing. A couple of good hits and it will basically just fall out of the housing. If you hit the aluminum bore the bushing sets in no big deal just relieve it with a round file of pocket knife.
The seal can be removed in similar fashion with the same punch, catch the edge in 2 or 3 places and drive it inboard and it will fall right out of the housing.
If you don't have a bushing driver drive the new bushing in with a large socket turned upside down so the flat surface drives the bushing in flush. The seal is driven in flush in similar fashion, use some red Loctite to retain it and the same with the bushing, they aren't difficult or fussy to R & R.......Cliff
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