Wasn't the reason for a rubber trunion bushing from the factory to allow for some flex due to vibrations (motor/transaxle), frame etc? Seems a solid bushing would not allow any give for normal day to day street driving. ________________________________ From: JOHN NEAL via DeTomaso <detomaso@detomasolist.com> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2025 7:55 AM To: doug351c@gmail.com <doug351c@gmail.com>; detomaso@detomasolist.com <detomaso@detomasolist.com> Subject: [DeTomaso] Re: Shift Linkage Trunion Bushing I swapped this bushing out many years ago with one of the aftermarket ones. I did not like it and put back in the stock one. I found that if you keep in greased the stock one worked just fine for me. In a message dated 6/20/2025 6:12:19 PM Central Daylight Time, doug351c@gmail.com writes: I just bought a Billet Trunnion Bushing from PI Motorsports which appears on this page of their website about half way down [1]https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpim.net%2Ftpage.html&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cdef41873013c4d503c6d08ddb2660536%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638862873417537389%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=P5%2B3J3x329y2KHmtTiukqGkQcBdxsG61yWi%2B7gUCI8s%3D&reserved=0 I mistakenly assumed that the poly bushing in it has some misalignment capability (i.e. a spherical bushing) but alas, no, it is pressed into the aluminum and rigid. Has anyone had good or bad experiences using this item? 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Members who post to this list grant license to the list to forward any message posted here to all past, current, or future members of the list. They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive or approve the archiving of list messages. Wasn't the reason for a rubber trunion bushing from the factory to allow for some flex due to vibrations (motor/transaxle), frame etc? Seems a solid bushing would not allow any give for normal day to day street driving. __________________________________________________________________ From: JOHN NEAL via DeTomaso <detomaso@detomasolist.com> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2025 7:55 AM To: doug351c@gmail.com <doug351c@gmail.com>; detomaso@detomasolist.com <detomaso@detomasolist.com> Subject: [DeTomaso] Re: Shift Linkage Trunion Bushing I swapped this bushing out many years ago with one of the aftermarket ones. I did not like it and put back in the stock one. I found that if you keep in greased the stock one worked just fine for me. In a message dated 6/20/2025 6:12:19 PM Central Daylight Time, doug351c@gmail.com writes: I just bought a Billet Trunnion Bushing from PI Motorsports which appears on this page of their website about half way down [1]https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpim .net%2Ftpage.html&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cdef41873013c4d503c6d08ddb2660536%7C 84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638862873417537389%7CUnknown %7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4z MiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=P5%2B3J3x329y2K HmtTiukqGkQcBdxsG61yWi%2B7gUCI8s%3D&reserved=0 I mistakenly assumed that the poly bushing in it has some misalignment capability (i.e. a spherical bushing) but alas, no, it is pressed into the aluminum and rigid. Has anyone had good or bad experiences using this item? Doug Braun References 1. 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