Puegot to AX15 swap, bushing question

In the process of swapping my Puegot trans (88) to an external slave ax15 (95ish) and after reading through the big thread on here and elsewhere about the swap I had a question I cant find an answer to.

I got the pilot bushing from a 73 CJ5 with V8. The diameters inside and outside are right for the application. BUT the length of the V8 bushing, is longer and stick out of the crank a bit.

From some measurements it LOOKS like its gonna be a non issue, but I wanted to see what everyone elses experience was before I put it all back together.

Thanks in advance.

did same swap and used same bearing. omix ada #16910.04

OK Thanks, but did it sit flush with the end of the crank when you seated it in? Or did it stick out a little bit? That was what I was curious about.

Mine stuck out about an 1/8 and I beat the crap out of it

Ditto and thats where im at. Just wanted some reassurance because no one elsr mentions it anywhere

Good luck using alignment tool I ended up using one with same spline smaller diamater and wraping in electrical tape cause I couldnt find an exact match for the new bushing and spline count
Travis

If you feel the need to, cut the new bushing to length. Dress the (outside, at least) cut end with a file and insert with the mill end sticking out (hide the cut end.)

The alignment tool worked fine. The reason for using that bushing is so that its the same inner diameter as the new ax15 nose. The clutch kit im using is for the same year as my trans so the alignment tool is the correct dimension.

I left the bushing as is. Guess ill find out soon enough if that was a mistake or not.