FYI. I went ahead and tried the grease and hammered dowel removal approach using thick assembly grease. No good but for a reason I hadn’t considered. Who ever drove the existing bushing in, drove it all the way against the shoulder in the pilot hole of the crank. So there was no room to get grease behind the bushing to push on it. For the same reason, a jaw-puller wouldn’t work either as there wasn’t any room for the hooks to get behind the end of the bushing.
Next I got one of these Lisle tools which is inexpensive and ended up working well. The one thing I probably should have done differently was wait to tighten it up snugly until after I pumped the cavity full of grease to displace the air. But I did put a bunch of assembly lube in before screwing it in. I took a bit of pumping before it broke loose and pushed out. But overall quick and pretty easy.
Next I got one of these Lisle tools which is inexpensive and ended up working well. The one thing I probably should have done differently was wait to tighten it up snugly until after I pumped the cavity full of grease to displace the air. But I did put a bunch of assembly lube in before screwing it in. I took a bit of pumping before it broke loose and pushed out. But overall quick and pretty easy.
